BILLBORD AGORA

RESERCH IN IKEBUKURO

I researched the Prohibition billboard and Behavior around Marui The prohibitions on activities in the park have been increasing every year, and more and more things cannot be done. There are patrols, with red sticks, restricting entry and fencing off the area. However, people find a comfortable place to sit and talk outside the fence or the boundary between the park and the street, and they do so only on the street without in the park. However, there is no exchange of opinions between local governments involving the patrol and the citizens. Thire is no exchange of opinions between
they look in different direction facing to without accepting them, and various activities have the billboard. Citizens have obeyed the government’s regulations without accepting them,and various activities have been restricted in the park. I think this is the lack of dialogue between the government and citizens. In order people to behave freely in the been restricted in the park.I think this is the lack of dialogue between the government and citizens.

PSHYCO DRAMA THERAPY

In order for people to behave freely in the park and street. We need to talk about the restrictions on activ- ities that are restricted in the park and on the street. On the meeting Citizens who have been restricted may agree with this, while those who feel it is annoying may oppose it. Then, the citizens and the government will realize that they have not been talking to each other.

I would like to create a space where behavior and ac- tion, and action and dialogue, can come closer together.

DEMOCRATIZING THE BILLBOARD MAKING PROCESSE

1st In order to know each other’s situations well, they can have psychodrama therapy. At the drama they change their own positions. Someone acts as a char- acter who opposes free activities and the other agrees with it. Acting out the opposite person’s position may give you a chance to think about their thought.

2nd they discuss the new rules making. They talk about how they can spend time comfortably.

3rd actually they try to make billboards with talking and talking. This is also the first step to get involved in pol- itics. Talking about the problem with them, they can think of their city.

So we arranged each place in a flow that circled the plan until we created the rules and put them together on a billboard. Here is the first point of contact for people who have something to complain about or an opinion to express, and here is the project base area that serves as a base from which both sides would gather. Next to it is a psychodrama theater on a lower level, where we can deepen the discussion and find a way out. This theater is also expected to be used specifically for discussion, like a courtroom.

And here is a place to design billboards, where design- ers join in to explore ways to spread rules that are not limited to signs. This is where the billboards are actual- ly produced, and this project includes not only making billboards but their actual installation. The space in the middle is a gallery for past billboard achievements and reviews of ongoing projects.

The aim of this project is to maximize a healthy social life for all people by involving the person concerned, from making the rules to publicizing the project.
This is Billboard Agora.

Pilgrims Hostel

PILGRIMS HOSTEL
The design proposal is on the site next to the shrine – connected on the same level, and with plenty of vegetation. We search about the activities of pilgrims, and offer a timeline of activities: the basic ones (sleeping, bath- ing), and some that connect with the spiritual experience (dining, workshops, tea ceremony, meditation/worship). The process started with dispersing the activities on the site to create the design, and connect them in two areas public and private, linked with the semi-public outdoor space.
The sequences were part of the pilgrimage narrative – spiritual journey within the site. From arriving, along the long ramp corridor, to come to the point which is opposite of the public entrance to the temple. And climbing few steps, to reach a garden semi-private, disconnected from the street with the terrace from the hostel. The garden offers three paths – meditation room under ground, with a sky opening that views the shrine. Continuing to the terrace and the reception of the hostel, or continuing to the shrine. After the reception, few steps are climbed to provide accommo- dating space on the same level as the shrine.

Elderly Care / Age is No Hinderance

In Jiyugaoka, a residential area is located at the top of the hill, and an elderly care facility and a school are located next to each other at the bottom. However, there is no interaction between these two facilities, and the elderly care facility is closed. Therefore, in order to allow children to enter the facility, a section of the building was manipulated and three plazas were created in plan. In this way, interaction between the elderly, school children, and local residents is created, and the elderly, who used to only receive care, are now actively involved.

Pigeon Tower

Standing on an open space near building 3, this pigeon tower is a new landmark in midorigaoka area and provides a chance to observe animal’s behavior. Through the study of the ecology of pigeon and the typology of pigeon house, a tower is decided for it can protect pigeons from their enemies. From limited materials, plywood is used for the whole tower. The outside skin is a surface structure made by bending and cladding the plywood, which also integrates the entrance of pigeon into it. The basic measurement of one unit and opening is determined by the behavior of plywood and spatial needs of pigeons. The inside wooden boxes act as individual house for the pigeon and help to support the surface structure. The beam on the top follows the spiral tendencies of boxes and thus points diagonally to the boundary of space. Together with the topography, this creates a dynamic relationship between tower and surrounding.

Arbed

Machiya in Daita / Kazunari SAKAMOTO