Nowhere in the world have architects built homes as small as in Japan, and nowhere have they done so with such ingenuity and success. How to Make a Japanese House presents 21 lessons in how to design a single-family home from three decades of architectural practice. From the Western perspective, in which more space is better space, small interiors may once have seemed undesirable, but Japanese architects have long excelled at overcoming the limitations of building in densely populated areas and creating brilliant effects of spaciousness with minimal square footage. As urban areas across the world grow only more dense in population, a knack for the economic handling and design of domestic space has clearly established itself as a key virtue of contemporary architectural practice. Through a rich array of research, interviews, drawings and photographs, How to Make a Japanese House demonstrates that Japanese homes present a radically different way of thinking about architecture, and provide inspiration for dwelling on a smaller scale.
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A fundamental publication for those aiming to better understand the design mechanisms for such ec(zen)tric ways of living.
September 7, 2012
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The recent architectural glutonny and obession for innovative ways of living, has found in the Japanese house its most significant fad. More than ever keen attention to each of these buildings is dedicated in blogs and diverse publications mainly through pictures and plans. Even with great illustrations, this book is not the case, as architectural critic Taro Igarashi has well remarked, of a coffee table book. It is rather a valuable contribution to understand some of the forces and constraints Japanese architects have to deal with when building in a city as Tokyo. Opening a dialogue through interviews with the authors of these singular dwellings, it is a first-hand documentation of thier own design strategies.
Nuijsink has somehow decoded wisely what lies behind the contemporary Japanese house-making scene by tracing the ideas and connecting threads from the 50's generation such as Kuma, Sejima and Aoki, passing through Chiba, Tsukamoto and Nishizawa (60's generation), to the younger generation (70's) with architects as Fujimoto, Tanijiri and Ishigami, for mentioning few.
A fundamental publication for those aiming to better understand the design mechanisms for such ec(zen)tric ways of living.
Rafael A. Balboa.
PhD candidate. Kengo Kuma Laboratory.
The University of Tokyo.
Nuijsink has somehow decoded wisely what lies behind the contemporary Japanese house-making scene by tracing the ideas and connecting threads from the 50's generation such as Kuma, Sejima and Aoki, passing through Chiba, Tsukamoto and Nishizawa (60's generation), to the younger generation (70's) with architects as Fujimoto, Tanijiri and Ishigami, for mentioning few.
A fundamental publication for those aiming to better understand the design mechanisms for such ec(zen)tric ways of living.
Rafael A. Balboa.
PhD candidate. Kengo Kuma Laboratory.
The University of Tokyo.
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An Incredible book.!! If you Like Japanese culture, small space solution, and esthetic, this is the book to have, excellent quality of printing and paper. this is the book to have and share.
By maav1
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Really enjoyable book, not only has beautiful images but also all the information you may want to read about for each one of the projects included. The size is nice as well, it is not bulky or heavy.
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