w/ 020 PS

type: image / object
function: furniture
location: jiyugaoka, tokyo
material: wood
collaborator: en shi, peakhunt(construction)
date: 2026.6

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Furniture design for the common area of an apartment building. Although the space is rich in materials, it was somewhat dim, and the reception counter was not being used; we therefore sought to address these minor functional shortcomings.

The objects placed in the space can be broadly categorized into box-shaped and board-shaped pieces. The former incorporate built-in lighting to illuminate the space, while the latter serve as bulletin boards and information panels.

The materials used include corkboards—into which thumbtacks can be inserted—and mirrors that reflect the space. In terms of form, function, and materials, we considered the balance between autonomy and interdependence within the space. Rather than making that balance explicit, we sought to arrange the elements in a way that keeps it ambiguous.

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one drawing found between the pages of a vintage book by Frank Stella

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ここで、動的なものであるからこそ、再度読み替えが許されるなら、エヌ氏から受け取ったこの資料を、私は「プロセス」(エヌ氏による)と、「ストローク」(w//による)という2つの側面として、再読を試みる。プロセス→↗︎↘︎…ストローク、すなわち、《PS》(再び)は、什器の場合、結構術(tectonics)として、あるいは空間の場合、動線(sequences)として、ディテールとなってあらわれる(仮説としての結論)。

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October 12, 2024, Saturday, clear sky

My friend is giving a lecture in Kokubunji, so I take the Chuo Line for the first time in a while to the venue in the early afternoon.

The lecture was commissioned by an architect and photographer, and consisted of a critique/explanation of the renovation of a room in an apartment building designed by the architect, based solely on the blueprints (and some other drawings), completion photographs and the architect’s text (without experiencing the actual building space).

Untitled (The Residence in Jiyugaoka #37), 2023 ©︎ Gottingham
Image courtesy of En Shi and Studio Xxingham

The focus of the talk turns towards ‘completing the medium’, such as drawings and photographs. While three-dimensional space is the most delicious and luxurious, it is hypothesised that ‘completing the medium’ is also architectural. He dreams that non-architects will be able to imagine spaces from those mediums. And that architects should create the mediums that make this possible.

Such thinking seems to parallel that of historians, who try to decipher architectural space, its materiality and sociality from the limited material that remains. When recreating drawings, historians should also aim to complete the medium and try to engage in a dialogue with it.

photographer’s sequence on BIOTIANTAH’s floor plan

Text: h***** k*******