Empire of Platforms

Dean, Penelope

Empire of Platforms - UrbanNext, July 12, 2021. - 1488 words.

Essay, Middle Density, Penelope Dean, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms

Alternative Domesticity, Architecture, Architecture&nature, Building, Canopy, Design, Design thinking, Essay, History of Architecture, Housing, Japan, Lifestyle, Nomadic lifestyle, Privacy, Space-body relationship, Spatial practice, Tokyo, User’s experience

Excerpt from The Building, José Aragüez ed., published by Lars Müller Publishers, 2016 -- https://lccn.loc.gov/2017458412

House NA is a single-family house designed for a couple in Tokyo. At just 914 square feet, it consists only of floors, stairs, columns, and a transparent façade. In response to his clients’ desire for a nomadic lifestyle, architect Sou Fujimoto proposes the metaphor of living within a single tree.

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Housing Architecture House NA Sou Fujimoto Tokyo, Japan Japan

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