Paint it black. History lesson. Hiroshi Nakao's "Dark Box and Bird Cage" (1993). Except for red facade, outside and inside painted black to create different kinds of darkness...
More photos & statement via paradisebackyard>http://tinyurl.com/a5nboke
Showing posts with label Japanese architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japanese architecture. Show all posts
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Paint It Black
Paint it black. History lesson. Hiroshi Nakao's "Dark Box and Bird Cage" (1993). Except for red facade, outside and inside painted black to create different kinds of darkness...
More photos & statement via paradisebackyard>http://tinyurl.com/a5nboke
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
The House with No Windows
Three-room, concrete Japanese house with no windows, but with two dramatic light wells on the roof. Entrance is a door at the side. Darkness, starkness, bareness can be cozy. House is a light-trap and the light moves and changes from hour to hour, from day to day, from month to month. A mattress on the floor is all I would need.
Interiors and text via dezeen.com>http://tinyurl.com/c53yuwq
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