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Tag: Japanese Architecture
KOGANEYU BATHHOUSE
DESPITE SENTO OR PUBLIC BATHHOUSES’ RECEDING IN SIGNIFICANCE IN THE JAPANESE SOCIETY, ITS INSTILLED CULTURAL VALUES HAVE INSPIRED SCHEMATA ARCHITECTS TO TRANSFORM KOGANEYU, THE NEARLY FIFTY-YEAR-OLD ESTABLISHMENT IN TOKYO TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE THE MORE CONTEMPORARY FUNCTIONAL DEMANDS
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KAIT PLAZA
THE LATEST PROJECT OF JUNYA ISHIGAMI ‘KAIT PLAZA’, WHICH RECENTLY OPENED ITS DOOR TO THE PUBLIC LAST DECEMBER, DECEIVES EVERYBODY INTO THINKING THE RELEASED PHOTOS FROM THE FIRM WERE JUST RENDERINGS! YET, THE BUILDING’S EXCEPTIONAL DESIGN AND STRUCTURE PROVE IT IS NOT
JAPANESE TEA PAVILION
IN THE COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, SRIPATUM UNIVERSITY, SUGIYAMA JOGAKUEN UNIVERSITY, AND MITSUE VILLAGE, SUGI LOGS HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED TO THAILAND TO BE USED IN ASSEMBLING THE JAPANESE TEA PAVILION IN SRIPATUM UNIVERSITY Read More
PHOTO ESSAY : GOD IS IN DETAIL FOR DAILY LIFE
TEXT & PHOTO: XAROJ PHRAWONG
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The design of architectural details found in Japanese people’s everyday life, whether created by professional architects or local artisans, are all interesting to me. They all seem to go through thought processes that set out to find solutions to different kinds of problem. Many of them embody the Zen philosophy where perfectly hidden in the remarkable simplicity are details so well-thought off and executed.
The complexity behind the minimalist aesthetic is what constantly motivates my interest throughout the three years living and travel ling in Japan. Collected and captured along the way is this particular series of photographs.
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Xaroj Phrawong, architect, author and professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi is currently pursuing his study in architecture at Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan. During his time in Japan, Phrawong’s interest revolves around the miscellaneous details both from the artistic aspect and architectural solutions of Japanese architecture he experienced in his everyday life, coincidentally and intentionally.
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