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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.
Ward Office Palazzo
The assignment is to design a “palazzo” in Aoyama. The site is located on the boundary of a “block”, which is a typical component of urban area in Tokyo. It is a transition area between low-dense social housing area and a main commercial street with high-rises standing along.
The concept of the project is to create two kinds of distinctive spaces in one building with open spaces in lower floors and private spaces in upper floors. It is designed to deal with the complex functions, which is supposed to be the key characteristic for a Tokyo palazzo. In consideration of the urban fabric, the volume continues the interface of the street in the same height with the next building. In the lower part, ward office is set to be the primary function, which can be a core to combine public functions for the community. There is a wide open shared space in the ground floor to link the two sides of the site and different functions are organized in the form of blocks to make the remaining part floating spaces. In the upper part, office and apartments act as introverted spaces showing another face of this building. Also, the apartments take the form of a patio in the middle to echo the two typical cases of palazzo nearby.
Soho Palazzo
The Palazzo in Ebisu is located in a vivid area of the city, with a walking distance from Shibuya and a numerous schools and shopping streets nearby. The conceptual idea and aim for this building is to be the heart of this area where people of different ages, ideas and profession can meet and integrate with each other and the city.
Walking from Shibuya you meet the northern short end facade of glass and bricks from where you can choose to go along the green river side or the urban street side. From Meiji Dori Street you can enter the building through two main entrances that leads through the whole building and connects the riverside with the street. This circulation through the building is also the place where people and function meets and integrate.
The main function of this building is the SOHO, small office/home office, which provide a living and working space for self employed or small companies. The idea to put many small but luxurious SOHO’s is not only to finance the building but to create a platform for young entrepreneurs to develop relationships and share ideas that could benefit the city.
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.