Japan Story is proud to present parts of the legendary book on Japanese urban space, Nihon no toshi-kukan, in English translation for the first time since its 1968 publication. We have chosen those chapters that illuminate the thinking behind and the values characteristic of Japanese space, addressing spatial formation, techniques, and the effects found in various urban settlements.
Japan Story is proud to present parts of the legendary book on Japanese urban space, Nihon no toshi-kukan, in English translation for the first time since its 1968 publication. We have chosen those chapters that illuminate the thinking behind and the values characteristic of Japanese space, addressing spatial formation, techniques, and the effects found in various urban settlements.
Japan Story is proud to present parts of the legendary book on Japanese urban space, Nihon no toshi-kukan, in English translation for the first time since its 1968 publication. We have chosen those chapters that illuminate the thinking behind and the values characteristic of Japanese space, addressing spatial formation, techniques, and the effects found in various urban settlements.
1963. As the ground of Tokyo was being dug up and built over in preparation for the Olympics, a group of students and young scholars – Toshi-dezain kenkyutai – were delving into what this upgrading operation might be erasing: typologies of urban space indigenous to Japan.
1963. As the ground of Tokyo was being dug up and built over in preparation for the Olympics, a group of students and young scholars – Toshi-dezain kenkyutai – were delving into what this upgrading operation might be erasing: typologies of urban space indigenous to Japan.
1963. As the ground of Tokyo was being dug up and built over in preparation for the Olympics, a group of students and young scholars – Toshi-dezain kenkyutai – were delving into what this upgrading operation might be erasing: typologies of urban space indigenous to Japan.
This essay is the final chapter of Japanese Urban Space. After thoroughly reporting the forms of urban space specific to Japan, the book ends with analyzing spatial representation on two dimensions, comparing the methods inherited in Japan with those in other cultures. To the author, understanding how we image and represent space was essential for those embarking on urban space planning. The book did not identify the essay’s author, but it turned out to be Arata Isozaki when he published it in Kukan e, a collection of his writings, in 1972.
This essay is the final chapter of Japanese Urban Space. After thoroughly reporting the forms of urban space specific to Japan, the book ends with analyzing spatial representation on two dimensions, comparing the methods inherited in Japan with those in other cultures. To the author, understanding how we image and represent space was essential for those embarking on urban space planning. The book did not identify the essay’s author, but it turned out to be Arata Isozaki when he published it in Kukan e, a collection of his writings, in 1972.
This essay is the final chapter of Japanese Urban Space. After thoroughly reporting the forms of urban space specific to Japan, the book ends with analyzing spatial representation on two dimensions, comparing the methods inherited in Japan with those in other cultures. To the author, understanding how we image and represent space was essential for those embarking on urban space planning. The book did not identify the essay’s author, but it turned out to be Arata Isozaki when he published it in Kukan e, a collection of his writings, in 1972.
