Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Barbican Centre

I went to Barbican Art Gallery to see an exhibition "Alvar Aalto: Through The Eyes of Shigeru Ban". When I observed Aalto's drawing, I found his plan includes the detail of materials, plants, and even shadow by leaves and skylights.
The exhibition space was surrounded by paper structures designed by Shigeru Ban. The waving structure covered the ceiling, and partitioned the exhibition space into several sections, and Lights through the gaps between paper pipes created beautiful lines of light.






Monday, February 19, 2007

The national art centre, TOKYO

The national art centre, Tokyo, which was designed by Kisho Kurokawa, was opened to public this month.






http://www.nact.jp/

Friday, February 09, 2007

Snowing



When I woke up this morning, the ground was covered with snow. It is unusual to have snow in London, but this is the second snow of the year in the city. While Tokyo, Japan haven't had any snow this year, it is usually for Tokyo to become springlike without snow in winter. I wonder global warming is concerned in these abnormal weather.