FOUND FORMS

"Bara no mimi" by Miki Tomio.

Glass Station. Oguni, Japan. By Shoei Yoh. Completed in 1993.

JAPANESE COMPACT CULTURE: STACK

“Stacking objects of the same shape makes use of vertical space, saving valuable horizontal space. Stacking is practical, but the action of piling or unpiling objects also gives them the added beauty of movement. Stacking objects integrates them into a three-dimensional, sculptural form; unstacking them revives the individuality and autonomy of each unit. For practical use, the three-dimensional form must be dismantled and by the manipulation of human hands, static beauty is made dynamic. A pile of graduated saké cups is an elegant form, but its function is dormant. Only when saké is poured into the upper. most cup and served, then into the next, and so on, do the parts come into their own as they are separated from the integrated form and scattered in many directions.”

Kamioka Town Hall. Gifu, Japan, 1976-78.

Arata Isozaki - architect.

Tsuyama Cultural Centre. Architect: Koshi Kawashima

Ura House by Takamasa Yoshizaka. 1956. Hyogo.

Kameki Tsuchiura House interior. Architect: Kameki Tschiura. Tokyo. 1935.

Institut français du Japon Tokyo (1951) by Junzo Sakakura, Tokyo

Once the atelier of Itsuko Hasegawa.

Silver Hut by Toyo Ito. 1984. Nakano, Tokyo.

House at Hanakoganei by Toyo Ito. Tokyo. 1983.

House at a Bus Stop by Kunihiko Hayakawa. 1982. Tokyo.