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Islands and Villages
What about the provinces?
posturban, Japan, Omishima, Toyo Ito, Momonoura, Atelier Bow-Wow, Umaki, dot architects, Kamiyama, Hajime Ishikawa, Inujima, Kazuyo Sejima
11 May 2018
Islands and Villages
A documentary series on the posturban phenomenon in rural Japan
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What about the provinces?
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1 streaming video file (14 min., 15 sec.) : sound, colour
[Montréal] : Canadian Centre for Architecture, a CCA c/o Tokyo project, [2018]
Islands and villages : the posturban phenomenon : Hajime Ishikawa in Kamiyamacho / conceived, interviewed and narrated by Kayoko Ota.
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1 streaming video file (14 min., 15 sec.) : sound, colour
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[Montréal] : Canadian Centre for Architecture, a CCA c/o Tokyo project, [2018]
books
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143 pages : color illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.
Tōkyō : LIXIL Shuppan, 2012, ©2012.
石川初 : ランドスケール・ブック - 地上へのまなざし = [Hajime Ishikawa : the landscale book - a look at the ground] / [author], 石川初. Ishikawa Hajime : randosukēru, bukku - chijō e no manazashi = [Hajime Ishikawa : the landscale book - a look at the ground] / [author], Hajime Ishikawa Hajime.
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143 pages : color illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.
books
Tōkyō : LIXIL Shuppan, 2012, ©2012.
$41.95
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The twelfth instalment of the ‘Contemporary Architect’s Concept Series’ focuses on cartographer and landscape architect Hajime Ishikawa, who structures his ideas around the keyword “scale”. The topics in each chapter are therefore ordered from a wide to a local scale. Variations of the perception of scale allow for a more flexible conception of, for example, what defines(...)
Hajime Ishikawa : a landscale book - a look at the ground
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$41.95
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Summary:
The twelfth instalment of the ‘Contemporary Architect’s Concept Series’ focuses on cartographer and landscape architect Hajime Ishikawa, who structures his ideas around the keyword “scale”. The topics in each chapter are therefore ordered from a wide to a local scale. Variations of the perception of scale allow for a more flexible conception of, for example, what defines a garden, or what can be made visible through both a wider context and closer examination. Using these methods, the chapters investigate topography, maps, time, boundaries and gardens.
Landscape Architecture, Monographs