Egashira, Shin.
Architectural Association, 2005
Book ID: 76791

Each summer for the past ten years the AAs 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. 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. Their singularity is hinted at by their names: Watermelon Platform, Bus Shelter, Roof for 200, Festival Vehicles, Azumaya, Stargazing Platform.

228pp.,Pap.,English