Architectural Skin

A fantastic Danish book.
Bahamon, A/Perez, P/Campello, A. "analogien". DVA (2008)

Landscape and ownership

I read "Denatured Visions" as a reference for my extended essay.
I have read the book occasionally since last year, but I found that I have had a different perception each reading. This time, I focused on the relationship between landscape and ownership; being owned by the nobility, a landscape was a symbol of power. Merchants and lawyers created their own personal landscape like a picture. Farmers managed coppice woodland to have some products such as fuel and material for fences. So the relationship between contemporary landscapes and ownership should be..?

The Landscape Institute

I went to Landscape Institute Library to find some material for landscape management essay.
There were lots of leaflets and journals about nature reserve over my expectation. Furthermore, the staff of library kindly helped me to find out some articles about critical points of resent landscape management. It was so useful to overview landscape management from different view points.
When I went out from the library, Oxford street was crowded by people enjoying Christmas shopping.

Marunouchi OAZO

This is a landscape work by studio on site which is a landscape design studio I worked for my work experience. I haven't noticed the existing of such open space, but many people used this space for rest and chat.

Opening between buildings

Gardens around Ebisu

a bit strange?

Trafalgar Square & National Gallery

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/

Toy Museum

I went to Toy Museum to draw inspiration from English Toys. The most interesting thing for me was 'The waving machine'. You can set the waves by placing a coin slot (though you can not use the machine now as it is preserved in the glass case).
The waves is caused when the motor is activated it drives a turning rod attached to a series of cams. How about the waving landscape??

Thames Barrier Park

Omotesando Hills

Omotesando Hills was designed by Tadao Ando as reconstruction of a famous flat in Tokyo. The inside consists of slopes which are linked to Omotesando street, outside of this building. So when I was walking inside of the building, I feel as if I were walking along Omotesando street.