For most of the past year, one of the researchers here, Jan Vranovsky, has been documenting the seemingly mundane spaces of Japan. His photos capture much of the spatial essence of Tokyo.
While Tokyo contains much "starchitecture," after living here awhile, I find the kinds of spaces Jan uncovers to generally be the most interesting part of the city.
In AA files 64, Thomas Daniell writes about "The Origins of the Street Observation Society." Jan's work continues in the tradition of ROJO, the Architecture Detectives League, the Thomasson Observation Centre: "identifying and categorizing the readymade 'artworks' lying latent in the streets of Tokyo."
Please have a look here: http://janvranovsky.tumblr.com/
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