Drawn to the Light[ness].
Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA designed the flagship Dior and HHstyle buildings in Aoyama. Whatever one may think of their architecture, it certainly lives up to the reputation for lightness and transparency.
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4 comments:
First of all I must say sorry because my English is very bad. Congratulations for your blog, I like it very much because I can see a lot of images of Tokyo and some other places of Japan. Your photos are very nice. I have a very good friends there (in Izumo-shi, Shimane-ken), and I've a lot of happy memories of your country. The first time I went to Japan was in 1986... ¡20 years ago!
Congratulations again. Best regards.
I'm sorry! I forgot to say you that I'm writing you from Madrid, Spain.
See you!
Travis,
Your blog is great. There was a pic of a translucent wall with a park behind it. My cousin Greg and I were walking on the West Side of Manhattan the other day. There's a necklace-thin park along the waterfront, on the Hudson River, but it's right next to the West Side Highway. Cars on that road go 60. I was wondering if you know of the West Side Greenway and any plans to erect a wall to seperate the park/waterfront from the highway. I think a sturdy, tall (at least 10 feet?) translucent wall with plants gorwing out of it would be great. Keep up the good work, bro.
Jeff
Jeff,
In fact I did not mention it, but the translucent wall in the picture that you are referring to was placed against an expressway. In many cities across North America, tall concrete (or opaque) walls are being constructed along freeways to reduce visibility and noise for nearby neighborhoods. Translucent walls reduce noise and visibility, but allow light which can be much nicer in certain situations. I have posted an aerial photo in the "Clean Surfaces of Shimbashi" to illustrate what's going on...
Thanks for the feedback
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