TOKYO hike-ability: november 2012

fredag 30. november 2012

TOKYO FIBER CITY

Extracts from the discussion: Designing the City with Lines

FUJIMORI Terunobu: The original concept of a city is based on "planes". It hadn't occured to me that cities of Japan were based on "lines". Perhaps it can be said that the approach to these "lines" is the fundamental theory of urban planning in Japan.

Facing the Meditarrenean Sea in the south of Turkey are the excavated ruins of the oldest city, a place called Catal Hüyük. It is a Neolithic settlement located in the region refferd to as the "Fertile Crescent" that leads from Turkey to Egypt. What's interesting about Catal Hüyük is that there are no roads. There are only houses. And so the way they got around was by walking on the roofs.

OHNO Hidetoshi: Sounds like a thesis proposal, doesn't it? (Laughter)

onsdag 14. november 2012

Catal Huyuk

The ancient city of Catal Huyuk in Turkey is an interesting example where the roof was used as streets and access to each house. Shared functions such as fireplaces where distributed around the roof-tops.

"The houses had flat roofs the doors were opened on the top. They entered from the roof and for going from place to place they went through their neighbors roof. Catal Huyuk is in Turkey. It was discovered in the Middle East. They cultivated wheat (the main crop) and they gathered pears, crab apples and berries. They traded obsidian which is black volcanic glass and it was vary valuable because it was used to make tools. They had everything they needed: wood, grain, cattle and mud. The houses were made out of mud bricks."

http://alternativearchaeology.jigsy.com/catal-huyuk

New movie - Tokyo Stairs

https://vimeo.com/53494358

This movie takes the viewer on a journey through a few of Tokyo's many stairs. Hidden places and exciting views can be discovered if you dare to step up and explore your surroundings on multiple levels.