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Terms and conditions applyBefore Object, After Image - Koshirakura Landscape 1996-2005
Shin Egashira
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Format: Book
Pages: 228
Publisher: Architectural Association
Date Published: Apr 2007
Stock Code: 61547
Binding: Paperback
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Each summer for the past ten years the AA's Shin Egashira has organised a workshop in the remote village of Koshirakura, in a mountainous region north of Tokyo. Each summer, the 81 mainly elderly inhabitants of the village are joined by a youthful horde of outsiders who become part of their lives for three weeks, occupying the empty schoolhouse, visiting their homes and contributing to annual rituals such as the Grass-Cutting Day and Maple Tree Festival. When they leave at the end of their stay, the young people leave behind a structure designed to improve in some way the lives of the inhabitants.
The past ten years have seen a gradual accumulation of extraordinary and strangely beautiful structures. Their singularity is hinted at by their names: Watermelon Platform, Bus Shelter, Roof for 200, Festival Vehicles, Azumaya, Stargazing Platform . . . Some structures were destroyed by the 2004 Mid-Niigata earthquake, but all are preserved here through photographs, drawings and words that document their making. Texts by Shin Egashira are paired with poetic and humorous diary extracts written by the students and villagers.
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