Reversible Destiny Lofts Mitaka is the world's first 'undying residence' or the first Apartments designed with Immortality in Mind. Completed by Madeline Gins and Shusaku Arakawa
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Shusaku Arakawa, Portrait of Mona Lisa, 1971
Le Japon est un pays incroyable pour de multiples raisons: sa culture, sa gastronomie, sa géographie… et surtout son architecture !! Et il y a un lieu
Reversible Destiny Lofts MITAKA –In Memory of Helen Keller– 三鷹天命反転住宅 architects: Shusaku Arakawa + Madeline Gins 荒川修作＋マドリン・ギンズ location: 2-2-8 Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, Japan completion year: 2005 View Large On White
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Le Japon est un pays incroyable pour de multiples raisons: sa culture, sa gastronomie, sa géographie… et surtout son architecture !! Et il y a un lieu
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Japanese architect and artist whose challenging designs tilted at mortality
As a poet interested in the social material of writing, I found a deep connection with the early paintings of Shusaku Arakawa and with Arakawa and Madeline’s Gins paradigmatic The Mechanism of Meaning (1971).
Reversible Destiny Lofts Mitaka is the world's first 'undying residence' or the first Apartments designed with Immortality in Mind. Completed by Madeline Gins and Shusaku Arakawa
After a suggestion from one of our readers (thanks Greg!), we were introduced to the unique architectural pair of Shusaku Arakawa (who ironically...
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Blue Crow Media shine their niche architecture spotlight on Tokyo, mapping its many beautiful odes to concrete...
Architects: Shusaku Arakawa + Madeline Gins, Sasui Architects & Engineers Location: Tokyo Year built: ?? This colorful apartment in Tokyo is intended to awaken human senses. The inside is as co…
"Most people, in choosing a new home, look for comfort: a serene atmosphere, smooth walls and floors, a logical layout. Nonsense, says Shusaku Arakawa, a Japanese artist based in New York. He and his creative partner, poet Madeline Gins, developed a small apartment complex in the Tokyo suburb of Mitaka that is anything but comfortable and calming. "People, particularly old people, shouldn't relax and sit back to help them decline," he insists. "They should be in an environment that stimulates their senses and invigorates their lives." " Source Here's where I got the pictures from: http://www.reversibledestiny.org/mitaka.php Click for more photos (also from construction) or information :)
With an exhibition title that has its origin in modern theories of rational choice and games, MAXImin is comprised of more than 110 works by 82 artists, and is the result of a collaboration between the Mercedes-Benz Art Collection, Stuttgart, and the Fundación Juan March, Madrid. The exhibition, conceived by both institutions, seeks to present […]
荒川修作 ( Shusaku Arakawa : 1936 - ) 「実際には 盲目の意志 V - Is As It : Blind Intensions V 」 1982年作 銅版画 [ Size : 45 x 61 cm, Ed.55 ]
Built by architects/artists Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins in 2005, this residential building was created with the aim of helping people achieve longevity. C
Shusaku Arakawa, Untitled 2 from "No!" says the signified, 1973, MoMA, New York, NY
The geometric shapes that architecture provides are the perfect Instagram picture when they receive good layers of bold and contrasting colors. This historical,
