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As I was walking towards Ebisu from Shibuya together with two friends, we came across this weird looking building entrance somewhere in Daikan-yama. Either something got lost in translation, or perhaps that beam sticking out of the entrance adds to the appeal? That thing is not your friend at night after a few beers if you’re a tall western guy!
That white square in the glass is also a mystery…
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Today I didn’t really have anything special in mind, so I just went out for a walk. I walked towards Hanzomon station at first but when I got there I noticed that there were still one direction I hadn’t walked in before.
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The Japanese architects continue to impress me, you might have seen the Fukuyama Dentist Clinic before, and maybe the Sosushi Sushi Bar in Turin (by Italian architects though), this time it’s a house named “House H” by Sou Fujimoto Architects.
Fujimoto seized the opportunity to extend his research into the potential of primitive forms to create complex responses to contemporary needs. Its new experiment was to find a balance between volumes, spaces and light.
Dealing innovatively with Japan’s strict plot ratio regulations, Fujimoto has avoided the conventions of creating a courtyard or of setting a house as an isolated object within the site boundary. Instead it is a hybrid; a series of boxes in boxes that define domestic realm, enclosure and interior.
I’ve been very much into the all-white approach lately, but unfortunately when you have a mother at home you can’t do whatever you like with your space, but I did paint my walls white^^
Stairs up to the roof? Hell yeah! I think it would be good with some kind of fence on the edges though…
Super clean place, love the frosted glass behind the couch too, but where’s the TV?
I’d turn that into a jacuzzi since I don’t have any kids.
Just by looking at these pictures it makes my stomach tingle, glass floor? I’d be both excited and scared to step on that^^
Wood and white always works, not a big fan of the dark dinner table though.
Suicide stairs?
It’s a very cool house, but nowhere I’d want to be in an earthquake, I wouldn’t feel safe anywhere with glass floors and suicide stairs. What about you? Would you stay here if you got the chance?
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Just came across this girl on miette-one’s GIRL SCHOOL blog. Her name is Fujiko More and is a newcomer singer-songwriter. Her first EP was released about 2 months ago and has 3 songs, which you can listen to on her MySpace page. You can also listen to previews of all three songs in the embedded YouTube video!
This is really good stuff in my opinion and I’m definitely looking forward to her future releases.
I also recommend SAWA if you like this kind of music!
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I should’ve featured Nobuchika Eri a long time ago actually, but better late than never. Eri comes from Fukuoka and her real first name is in fact Eriko and not Eri. She was discovered by Sony Music during their “Gonna Be A Star” auditions, she was offered seven other record deals before deciding to work with Sony.
All of her songs were produced by Shinichi Osawa (MONDO GROSSO), which obviously equals amazing sounds. Her voice might not be the most unique, but who cares when it’s good? Her songs are either upbeat electronic (house), pop or ballads, and she’s good with all of those genres.
Nobuchika Eri – Lights
She’s definitely worth checking out, she hasn’t realeased anything since 2006, but all of her releases are very nice. I especially like Lights and SING A SONG.
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SAWA is a new artist to me and I’m grateful to have found her. You can hear that she’s gotten her inspiration from many different genres when you listen to her mini-albums, but in her latest, TIME&SPACE, she’s focusing on jazz, house and electropop. She’s working together with FreeTEMPO (Takeshi Hanzawa) so you can expect great tunes.
SAWA – TIME&SPACE cover
I think she has an interesting sound, the tunes are very funky and her voice is great for many different genres. The featured video is called Stars which seems to be focusing on the electropop genre, but I recommend getting a copy of TIME&SPACE and Colors to get the whole taste of her! (EDIT: Video removed from YouTube, replaced with ManyColors)
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One of my dreams has always been to be able to live in a nice modern styled house, preferably somewhere in Japan. But then when I saw this I realize that I don’t have to move to find architecture like this, but I’d still rather live in Japan of course. This house is located in the archipelago of islands in Stockholm, a place where I certainly do not want to live since I’m not a boat person nor do I like the attitude of rich people around there (especially when it comes to the kids, ugh). But then again, some rich kids are not going to keep me from living where I want to live when I finally find my (affordable) house of my dreams.
Photos by Åke E:son Lindman, and thanks to Dave over at the CONTEMPORIST for letting me know about this great piece of… wood.
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This house is not new, actually is was designed between 2004.08-2006.05, and was constructed 2006.06-2007.02. But even if it’s an old design I felt like writing about it, cause it’s one of my favorite designs. It was designed by Susumu Kiyoshi from Kiyonobu Nakagame Architects and Associates. I love modern design, especially when it comes to houses and interior design, and this house is really something.
I love the huge glass windows and doors, and the white concrete looks really clean. I like the big garden, even though in the pictures they haven’t really done anything with it. And the view from this place is simply stunning!
So how’s the interior? Well, there’s a pool table in the living room, what else do you need? Ok, a pool table isn’t very special, but I like the simplicity in this house. I don’t want too much furniture, that’s one of the worst things a lot of people do when furnishing their apartment or house.
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Many of you people out there probably have heard of Monday Michiru before. She’s a Japanese-American singer and songwriter, and I think she’s an actress as well but I haven’t seen her in any movies or anything, at least not that I know of. Anyway she’s well known for featuring a lot of different artists, mostly in genres like Jazz, House, Chillout etc. Her style is acid jazz, her songs are very relaxing and it’s just a real pleasure to listen to her. If you’re interested I’d recommend you to listen to her albums, moods, My ever changing moods and routes.
So what’s been up lately? Well, yesterday I spent some time studying… That wasn’t fun but I had to do it and it feels really good now when it’s done! I also spent about 1.5 hours cleaning my room, since I have a new computer I had to fix a lot of cables and stuff that was just lying on the floor. So now everything is really neat and clean!
Today I went to school, didn’t do much at all. I arrived at 10 AM and sat in the cafe with a couple of classmates till 11.30, then we had to answer some poll question, stuff like “what do you think of this school?”. That was basically it, I had a meeting with my supervisor about my project and after that I spent about 30-40 minutes talking with the receptionist about traveling! The receptionist in our school is a very good person :), I wonder if she reads this haha!
Other than that I don’t have much to talk about when it comes to the personal stuff. Coming up next on my blog is a review of Gal Circle and Buono’s new album, so stay tuned!
Later!
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