final models

Tokyo Hike-ability nominated for the Europan Student Award

horizontal vs. vertical

Elevation of the hike-able office typology - a vertical park?

Movement in a traditional Japanese Garden

axonometry

Here is a preview of some of the axonometries that I am currently working with. I am investigating different typologies as generators for vertical movement:

Residential house

Apartment block

Office block

Entertainment Pencil Building

Parking Tower

Station Intersection 

 

 

 

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)

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.