Architecture
Since I started living in Japan one of the main concerns in my life are earthquakes. I have always wondered if buildings and houses are really prepared to endure a great earthquake. The truth is that, after asking many people and informing myself, most of the structures would resist less than you would have expected. [...]
After the Second World War 98% of buildings and houses in Tokyo had been destroyed. During the reconstruction of the country some Japanese architects thought that the future of architecture should be the most “modular” possible; they were part of the metabolic movement. These architects, worried about the future of our society, thought that living [...]
The Great Seto Bridge connects the main island of Japan, called Honshu, with the fourth biggest island in the archipielago, called Shikoku. Being a little bit over 13 km long, it is the longest two-tiered bridge in the world, a record that belonged during many years to the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco. The [...]
Josecrem found this fabulous building in Fukuoka. Inside the building there is a cultural center called Acros, and the main facade is full of greenery. By the way, the architect of this building is from Argentine and his name is Ambasz. Pictures by Josecrem There is even a waterfall: What do you think about the [...]
I was in a seminar in the Sumitomo building in Shinjuku the other day and after a while I realized that the building had a pretty interesting structure. I could easily walk around and always come back to the initial position very easily, I though that was smart and I felt like being inside a [...]
In Japan architects think a lot about how to build spaces where it is easy to live, they concentrate on making outstanding interiors. In western countries sometimes we just build to impress, we build houses with simetric and beautiful facades, we build houses thinking about how it is going to match the other houses around. [...]
This is one of my favorite buildings in Osaka: I had taken many pictures of this building but I never thought of approaching to it. Anenglishmaninosaka did it, and he took this building directory picture: It says “Highway from the 5th until the 7th floor”. I wonder if there is something else in the building… [...]
