27th OCT – 27th NOV 2019
OSAKA – TOKYO – KYOTO
Our contemporary society is going through a major housing crisis. Overpopulation in urban areas, depopulation of the countryside, housing shortage affecting the young generation, uncontrolled increase of the renting prices, single-person units and isolation: these are only some of the issues we are all facing now as residents in our European countries. If there is a solution, this will need to be found very far from the traditional housing strategies which are currently engaged. What can inspire new design concepts to meet the most urgent needs of the contemporary society? Breaking and reinventing existing models requires research, awareness and creativity.
“Housing Tour Japan” was conceived to stimulate this process through an itinerary residency experienced hand-first on the opposite side of the world. The project is based on a one-month series of daily life adventures called “test-living”: sleeping, cooking and working inside traditional or contemporary designed homes in Japan. The real experiences will be photographed and collected for public divulgation and further cultural and commercial studies.
The project was conceived by Leonardo Di Chiara, a young Italian architect and engineer specialized in house design and with a great passion for real-life research missions. Acting as the protagonist of the Tour, he will adopt the scientific attitude of a researcher, the communicative approach of a reporter and the open-mindness curiosity of a traveller.
PLACES
- Osaka – Museum of Housing and Living
- Osaka – Japanese Camping Car Plaza
- Tokyo – MUJI House – Prototype Exhibition
- Tokyo – LOVE2 House
- Yoshino – Yoshino Cedar House by airbnb
- Tokyo – “Wood House” by MUJI
- Tokyo – Nakagin Capsule Tower
- … more
TEST-LIVING
- Tokyo – Ququri 9 sqm Apartment by Spilytus
- Osaka – Buddhist Syukuhaku Temple Residence
- Osaka – Empty Japanese Hotel
- Osaka – Nine Hours Hotel
- Tokyo – Nakagin Capsule Tower
- Train sleeping room
- Tokyo – Energy Machuzukuri-sha home prototype
- Kyoto – Hostel SUI
- Koya – Koyasan Guest House
- Tokyo – Tinys
- …. more
EVENTS
- Osaka – 31 October @ Osaka Fair – Talk at Living & Design Exhibition
- Tokyo – 02/03 November @ Waseda University – CROSS WAVE HUT
- Tokyo – 02/03/04 November @ MinamiIkebukuro Park – Tiny House Festival 2019
- Tokyo – 08 November – TALK at Award Ceremony of Hafele Student Design Competition
- Tokyo – 12 November – TALK at Architect Chamber Seminar
- Tokyo – 13/14/15 – Japan Home & Building Show
- Tokyo – 15 November @ Yahoo Lodge – TALK
- Osaka/Kyoto – 16/17 November – Open Nagaya 2019
- Tokyo – 26 November – Seminar at Italian Chamber of Commerce/ACCJ/AIA
- … more
PEOPLE
- Sadao Tsuchiya – Architect and Housing expert
- Naruse Yuri – Architect “Nine Hours Hotel”
- Yasushi Shiibashi & family – Owners of a MUJI “Wood House”
- Seita Uesugi & Issei Sawada – Founders of Yadokari and Tinys
- Jon Megane – nomad lifestyle blogger
- Chie Mizuta – Yahoo Ltd.
- Asahi Kasei Group – Energy Machuzukuri-sha
- Keisuke Nakama – CEO Spilytus, 9 sqm apartments in all Japan
- Numada Shiori, Dannetsu Tiny & Tiny House Festival
- Kazuyo Nomura – Art curator
- Karl Hahne – Häfele Japan
- Shinji Kawahara – Schüco Japan
- … more
Full project description at this link: DOWNLOAD PDF
