Callejón del yakitori debajo de las vías del tren elevado en Yurakucho
Callejón del ramen dentro de la estación de Tokyo
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Roland Barthes, The Empire of Signs
“The Japanese station is crossed by a
thousand functional trajectories, from
the journey to the purchase, from the
garment to food: a train can open onto
a shoe stall. Dedicated to commerce,
to transition, to departure, and yet
kept in a unique structure, the station
(moreover, is that what this new
complex should be called? ) is
stripped of that sacred character
which ordinarily qualifies the major
landmarks of our cities: cathedrals,
town halls, historical monuments.”
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Tokyo subway rush hour, Ryan Hoover
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Diagramas de distintas estaciones de la red de
metro de Tokyo
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Greg Lynn, Multiplicitous and Inorganic Bodies
“The loss of internal boundaries
allows both the influence of external
events within the organism and the
expansion of the interior outward.”
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Guide to Famous Edo Sites, Saitō Gesshin,
1834
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Guide to Famous Edo Sites, Saitō Gesshin,
1834
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Blaine Brownell, Matter in the Floating World:
conversations with Leading Japanese Archi
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tects and Designers
“Traditionally in Japan there were two
kinds of builders: miya daiku, or
temple builders, were concerned with
the structural resolution of large
buildings that emanated a particupar
gravitas; meanwhile the sukiya daiku,
or teahouse artisans, focused on
crafting small-scale, delicate struc
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tures that seemed to float or disappear
within their context.”
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