9 Hours, Capsule Hotel, Kyoto
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street at dusk by Yoshi Shimamura
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Taken at preserved historic street of Magome, Nagano prefecture. (馬籠)
“…we may now begin to understand how and why traditional architecture and urban design are precisely the formal expression of this communitarian ethos. For the buildings that in traditional cities shelter the familial and economic activities - houses and housing, retail and office spaces - are...
“…we may now begin to understand how and why traditional architecture and urban design are precisely the formal expression of this communitarian ethos. For the buildings that in traditional cities shelter the familial and economic activities - houses and housing, retail and office spaces - are...
need to go japan more often before it gets worse :/
(esp the rural areas)
Tadao Ando. Japan Architect Apr 1988, 45
“The horizon divides the sky from the earth, the sacred from the profane. The captured landscape changes its appearance from moment to moment. In that transition, visitors can sense the presence of nature and the sacred. The sunlight, the lake and the sky no doubt will continue to sing diverse melodies.”
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