Jon Jerde in Japan: Designing the Spaces Between

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Jon Jerde in Japan tells the story of the unlikely collaboration of a daring Japanese real estate developer and a freewheeling American architect in the making of the largest private real estate development in Japan: Canal City Hakata, the most important work to date by one of America's most controversial architects, Jon Jerde.?

When Japanese developer Fukuoka Jisho bought a nine-acre site in the distressed center of Fukuoka, they were determined to build a project that would revive the city's heart; to that end, they called on the Jerde Partnership. Bound by this common vision, Fukuoka Jisho and the Jerde Partnership negotiated language and cultural differences, one of Japan's worst economic recessions, and numerous redesigns in a co-creative process that yielded a unique outcome.?

Colorful and spirited, the project defies Japanese rules for retail development, yet Canal City has had over 30 million visitors since its 1996 opening, attracting teenagers and businesspeople alike. It is considered one of the most important architectural works of the twentieth century. Uniquely contextual yet defiantly flamboyant, Canal City Hakata serves as a model of true creative collaboration and shows what can happen when two cultures joyfully collide.

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A Good Read.......2000-09-03

JON JERDE IN JAPAN: Designing the Spaces Between

I highly recommend Jon Jerde in Japan: Designing the Spaces Between by Cathie Gandel (Balcony Press, Glendale, CA, 2000) for anyone interested in public architecture; working with the Japanese; and the thinking behind the best in today's mixed-use developments. Ms. Gandel has produced a highly readable book that makes sophisticated concepts accessible to the lay person while providing meaty material for the professional.

Wonderfully produced on good quality, high gloss stock, the book is chock full of illustrative material that effectively conveys the excitement of Fukuoka's Canal City Hakata. Readers do not have to puzzle over the term "wiggle wall" or strain to imagine what the "wayfinding sculptures" might look like. They can see them clearly in both the wide angle and detail shots.

Jon Jerde in Japan starts with the project's genesis in 1977 as the first mixed-use development outside one of Japan's major cities, takes it through opening day in 1996 and concludes with an analysis of its amazing popularity-over 43 million visitors to date! It also traces the development of architect Jon Jerde and his deepening commitment to creating original spaces that add something valuable to the human experience. As Cathie Gandel wrote of Canal City Hakata:

A visitor writes his or her script not only by choosing where to shop and where to eat, but also by choosing whether to see a movie, play a video game or have a drink in the Grand Hyatt lounge; walk under the overhang or out in the open; sit, stand and watch, or wander; jump in surprise at the champagne cork-popping noise of the fountains or wade into the tidal pool. Whatever the decision, the visitor is writer and actor as well as audience."

I have had such a satisfying time just reading about this "urban theater," I can only wonder what it must be like to experience it in person. This book made me want to do just that.

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Gates and fences, sidewalks and driveways, alleys and parking lots--these ordinary features have an important architectural impact, influencing how a building relates to the spaces around it. As geographer Larry R. Ford argues, architectural histories and guidebooks tell us surprisingly little about the character of American cities because they concentrate on buildings taken out of context, buildings divorced from space. In The Spaces between Buildings, Ford focuses on the neglected "nooks and crannies" between structures, supplementing his analysis with three photographic essays.

Long before Ford knew anything about geography or architecture, he was a connoisseur of front porches, alleys, and loading docks. As a kid in Columbus, Ohio, he knew where to find coal chutes to play in, which rooftops and fire escapes were ideally suited for watching parades, and which stoops were perfect for waiting for a bus. To him the spaces between buildings seemed wonderfully integrated and connected. The Spaces between Buildings is the result of Ford's preoccupation with the relationship of buildings to one another and how their means of access and boundaries organize the areas around us.

As Ford observes, a city with friendly, permeable facades and a great variety of street-level doors is more conducive to civic life than a city characterized by fortresslike structures with blank walls and invisible doors. Life on the street is defined and guided by the nature of the surrounding buildings. Similarly, a residential neighborhood with front porches, small lawns or gardens, and houses with lots of windows and architectural details presents a more walkable and gregarious setting than a neighborhood where public space is surrounded by walls, three-car garage doors, blank facades, and concrete driveways.

Ford begins by looking at the growth of four urban places, each representing a historical era as much as a geographic location: the Islamic medina; the city shaped by the Spanish renaissance; the nineteenth-century North American city; and the twentieth-century American city. His first essay also discusses the evolution of the free-standing structure as a basic urban building type and the problems encountered in beautifying the often work-a-day back and side yards that have helped to create the image of the untidy American city. The second essay examines the urban trend toward viewing lawns, gardens, hedges, and trees as an essential adjunct to architecture. The final essay focuses on pedestrian and vehicular spaces. Here the author includes the landscape of the garage, sidewalks, streets, and alleys.

In its exploration of how spaces become places, The Spaces between Buildings invites readers to see anew the spaces they encounter every day and often take for granted.

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Easy read introduction into american urban landscapes.......2001-04-18

This is really a nice book. It reads very well and gives a good introduction over major landscape elements in urban and suburban. It also includes background information about the historical development of these landscape elements. That makes it quite easy to understand the urban and suburban landscape in the U.S.. It is one of these books that you read and think "aah, that's why...". A good and cheap present for landscape architects and students (nice paper, layout and format, too).

Beazley's Design and Detail of the Space between Buildings

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Beazley's Design and Detail of the Space between Buildings
A. Pinder
Manufacturer: Taylor & Francis
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0419136207

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This edition of a book widely regarded as a classic of landscape architecture, deals with the 'bits' that go in between the different parts of the urban landscape. A completely updated text makes it suitable for both the professional and student.

Center, Vol. 8: Dwelling: Social Life, Buildings, and the Spaces Between Them (Dwelling)

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Brilliant!

Center, Vol. 8: Dwelling: Social Life, Buildings, and the Spaces Between Them (Dwelling)

Manufacturer: Center for American and Design
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Brilliant!.......2001-12-16

The author, Anthony Alofsin, is one of the most brilliant minds today, both in and out of architectural history. It goes without saying that the book follows suit.

Design and Detail of the Space Between Buildings

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Design and Detail of the Space Between Buildings
Elisabeth Beazley
Manufacturer: The Architectural Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0851391397

Focal Point of the Sacred Space: The Boundary Between Chancel and Nave in Swedish Rural Churches: From Romanesque to Neo-Gothic (Acta Universitatis Upasaliensis: Figura Nova Series, 30)

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Focal Point of the Sacred Space: The Boundary Between Chancel and Nave in Swedish Rural Churches: From Romanesque to Neo-Gothic (Acta Universitatis Upasaliensis: Figura Nova Series, 30)
Anna Nilsen
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 9155457428

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This work is concerned with the Swedish rural parish church, and specifically with the developments of it interior from the beginning of the 12th century until the end of the 19th. It focuses particularly on the boundary between chancel and nave, the most vital point in the church interior and the changes in the substance and forms of worship that have taken place over the centuries - opens up interesting perspectives in which the communication between chancel and nave, the two power centers or agents of the sacred space, plays a decisive role.

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Using language - speaking and understanding it - is a defining ability of human beings, woven into all human activity. It is therefore inevitable that it should be deeply implicated in the design, production, and use of buildings. Building legislation, design guides, competition and other briefs, architectural criticism, teaching and scholarly material, and the media all produce their characteristic texts. The authors use texts about such projects as Berlin's new Reichstag, Scotland's new Parliament, and the Auschwitz concentration camp museum to clarify the interaction between texts, design, critical debate, and response.

Airport authority is caught between rock and air space.(Arts Center on campus) : An article from: San Diego Business Journal

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Airport authority is caught between rock and air space.(Arts Center on campus) : An article from: San Diego Business Journal
Ted Owen
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from San Diego Business Journal, published by Thomson Gale on February 6, 2006. The length of the article is 1038 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Airport authority is caught between rock and air space.(Arts Center on campus)
Author: Ted Owen
Publication: San Diego Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 6, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 27 Issue: 6 Page: 11(1)

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Architecture and Linguistics. (Book Reviews).(The Words Between the Spaces - Buildings and Language) (book review): An article from: Architectural Science Review

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Architecture and Linguistics. (Book Reviews).(The Words Between the Spaces - Buildings and Language) (book review): An article from: Architectural Science Review

Manufacturer: University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008FHNWU
Release Date: 2005-07-30

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This digital document is an article from Architectural Science Review, published by University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture on September 1, 2002. The length of the article is 591 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Architecture and Linguistics. (Book Reviews).(The Words Between the Spaces - Buildings and Language) (book review)
Publication: Architectural Science Review (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 2002
Publisher: University of Sydney, Faculty of Architecture
Volume: 45 Issue: 3 Page: 266(2)

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Planners Library.(book reviews)(Review): An article from: Planning

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Planners Library.(book reviews)(Review): An article from: Planning
Harold Henderson
Manufacturer: American Planning Association
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Planning, published by American Planning Association on October 1, 2001. The length of the article is 1265 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Planners Library.(book reviews)(Review)
Author: Harold Henderson
Publication: Planning (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2001
Publisher: American Planning Association
Volume: 67 Issue: 10 Page: 36

Article Type: Book Review

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Global Television: How to Create Effective Television for the 1990's

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Global Television: How to Create Effective Television for the 1990's
Tony Verna
Manufacturer: Focal Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OPME4G

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