The story
ines martinez diez
Naked House.
When the family commissioned the new project, they were looking for nature, and that's why they moved out of the city looking for some tranquility. However, now some other families have moved in the same place, so now more people live on the neighborhood. As a consequence, the relationship between the original house and the rest of the neighborhood has changed substantially, from a complete natural and calm landscape into a semi-urban place, where, obviously, there is less calm and quietness than before. All of this is a result of big social changes along of fifteen years.
The family has evolved; the children have left their city to continue their studies at a prestigious university, because of the purchasing power of the family. They only come home when they are on holidays.
Now the father, after spending most of his life outside the home, has been pre-retired by the company and he has became an active part of the family again. He spends most of his time there, but he hasn’t lost the habit of meeting with his ex-coworkers. He usually invites them home once or twice a week, giving back to the house the character of coexistence that existed when the children were still living there. Now the house takes on an intimate-social duality and it should be able to respond to both needs.
On the other hand, there is a certain hostility in the family. The grandmother’s traditional customs has set the wife and herself at odds. It symbolizes a clash between tradition and westernization. The grandfather has a delicate health due to an illness, which leads him to become interested in the art of bonsai, growing and keeping them.
CULTURAL FACTS:
Since the 1980s, the authorities have been promoting decentralization and dispersal of the population to decrease the high density of the large megalopolises.
As a result of these, we can think about this change; about how can we adapt the house to rebuild this tranquility-quiet and how can we recreate the lost nature, with the same feeling and harmony.
In this era of modernization and Westernization of Japan, it is common for young people to share apartments in the city. The stress that students undergo in Japan, with only 40 days of vacation, make them go the rest of the year out of their homes while trying to get the best marks possible.
The famous Japanese work culture has softened a bit these past 20 years. Largely due to the crisis in the country, the effects of which were exacerbated by the earthquake of 2011, companies have begun to break the hitherto taboo subject of dismissal.
Although without drastic measures, large companies have begun to relieve their senior workers to make way for the new generations, establishing early retirement programs for those leaving.
Over time, different stereotypes of Japanese women have seduced the West, from the elegance of the Geishas, until submission of Madame Butterfly. Images that have attracted the look to Japanese women have raised interest in this figure. Thus, the complex reality of the Japanese woman has been hidden behind the filters of Orientalism on the one hand, and machismo on the other.
The XXI century Japanese woman faces the challenges of social change that society suffers today. Therefore, the situation in our family is the one of a wife in a way facing to the custom of his mother in law, symbolizing a confrontation between tradition and westernization.
Borja Castillo (gmail)
Naked House.
When the family commissioned the new project, they were looking for nature, and that's why they moved out of the city looking for some tranquility. However, now some other families have moved in the same place, so now more people live on the neighborhood. As a consequence, the relationship between the original house and the rest of the neighborhood has changed substantially, from a complete natural and calm landscape into a semi-urban place, where, obviously, there is less calm and quietness than before. All of this is a result of big social changes along of fifteen years.
The family has evolved; the children have left their city to continue their studies at a prestigious university, because of the purchasing power of the family. They only come home when they are on holidays.
Now the father -after spending most of his life outside the home- has been pre-retired by the company and he has became an active part of the family again. He spends most of his time there, but he hasn’t lost the habit of meeting with his ex-coworkers. He usually invites them home once or twice a week, thus returning the essence of coexistence that existed when the children were still living in the house. Now the house has been transformed into an intimate-social duality and it should be able to respond to both needs. On the other hand, there is certain hostility in the family. The grandmother’s traditional customs has set the wife and herself at odds. It symbolizes a clash between tradition and westernization. The grandfather has a delicate health due to an illness, which leads him to become interested in the art of bonsai, growing and keeping them.
CULTURAL
FACTS:
Since the 1980s, the authorities have been promoting decentralization and dispersal of the population to decrease the high density of the large megalopolises.
As a result of these, we can think about this change; about how can we adapt the house to rebuild this tranquility-silence and how can we recreate the lost nature, with the same feeling and harmony.
In this era of modernization and Westernization of Japan, it is common for young people to share apartments in the city. The stress that students undergo in Japan, with only 40 days of vacation, make them go the rest of the year out of their homes while they are trying to get the best marks possible.
Japanese work culture has softened a bit these past 20 years. Largely due to the crisis in the country, the effects of which were exacerbated by the earthquake of 2011, date when companies have begun to break the hitherto taboo subject of dismissal.
Although there aren’t drastic measures, large companies have begun to relieve their senior workers to make way for the new generations, where they have established early retirement programs for people who are leaving.
Over time, different stereotypes of Japanese women have seduced the West, from the elegance of the Geishas, until submission of Madame Butterfly. Images that have attracted the look to Japanese women have raised interest in this figure. Thus, the complex reality of the Japanese woman has been hidden behind the filters of Orientalism on the one hand, and machismo on the other. Over time, different stereotypes of Japanese women have seduced the West, from the elegance of the Geishas, until submission of Madame Butterfly. Images that have attracted the look to Japanese women have raised interest in this figure. Thus, the complex reality of the Japanese woman has been hidden behind the filters of Orientalism on the one hand, and machismo on the other.
Japanese XXI century woman faces the challenges of social change that society suffers today. Therefore, the situation in our family is the one where there is a nowadays women who is facing to the custom of his mother in law, which is symbolizing a confrontation between tradition and westernization.
This information is private and confidential and intended for the recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an official statement from Habitat72.com. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice
megbeange
Naked House.
When the family commissioned the new project they were looking for nature; they moved out of the city looking for some tranquility. However, since having built their home new families have also built homes, developing the land surrounding the house. The neighborhood has since been in constant growth, with an increasing yearly population. This development has caused the transformation from a rural, quiet and serene landscape into a semi-urban neighborhood.As a result, the relationship between the original house and the quiet rural landscape has been severed, and a new relationship with the residential neighbors has informally taken its place.
The family has also evolved since first moving into the home; the children have left the home to continue their studies at prestigious secondary schools, the grandmother has died of old age leaving the grandfather lonely and arthritic, and the parents are retired and leading personal lives full of independent interests and social activity. The children only come home when they are on holidays and the parents are currently enjoying their freedom to entertain.
Now that the father is retired -after spending most of his life outside the home- he has become an active part of the family
again. Though he spends most of his time at home now, he hasn’t lost the habit of meeting
with his ex-coworkers. He usually invites them to his home once or twice a week,
thus returning some life to the home. The wife similarly has friends and co-workers over. Now, the house has been transformed into a space with renewed duality; the juxtaposition of the intimate/private and the social is changed but still present. The flexibility of privacy and space is still applicable, however the purpose has changed. The flexibility is no longer serving a set group of 6 people with varying needs. Instead the flexibility is responding to both
the new needs of a household of 3, and the constant stream of visitors and guests. On the other hand, there is a degree of obstinacy in the family. The
grandfather’s traditional customs have set the family at odds. It
symbolizes a clash between the traditional and western influences in Japan.
Another element of family life that has taken a new role in the home is the personal interest/activity. The grandfather has taken to the art of bonsai in his wife's absence, growing and keeping them in the house. This preoccupation with the art of Bonsai is consuming for the grandfather and serves as the third element of his family life. Similarly, the mother and father are now both retired, and when not entertaining, have personal pursuits of their own. The father has taken to games of strategy, loves historical documentaries, war stratagem, and has taken up his study of martial arts again. The mother has found more time for her love of watercolors and can often be found moving one of the empty bedrooms around the home, a make shift studio inside, looking for the best lighting and the best views. In summary; the family's private life has changed, the parents' jobs have been replaced with more social activities and the personal interests of the family have now taken on a more important and dominating role in their lives.
CULTURAL
FACTS:
Since the 1980s, the authorities have been promoting decentralization and dispersal of the population to decrease the high density of the large megalopolises.
As a result of these, we can think about this change; about how can we adapt the house to rebuild this tranquility-silence and how can we recreate the lost nature, with the same feeling and harmony.
In this era of modernization and Westernization of Japan, it is common for young people to share apartments in the city. The stress that students undergo in Japan, with only 40 days of vacation, make them go the rest of the year out of their homes while they are trying to get the best marks possible.
Japanese work culture has softened a bit these past 20 years. Largely due to the crisis in the country, the effects of which were exacerbated by the earthquake of 2011, date when companies have begun to break the hitherto taboo subject of dismissal.
Although there aren’t drastic measures, large companies have begun to relieve their senior workers to make way for the new generations, where they have established early retirement programs for people who are leaving.
Over time, different stereotypes of Japanese women have seduced the West, from the elegance of the Geishas, until submission of Madame Butterfly. Images that have attracted the look to Japanese women have raised interest in this figure. Thus, the complex reality of the Japanese woman has been hidden behind the filters of Orientalism on the one hand, and machismo on the other. Over time, different stereotypes of Japanese women have seduced the West, from the elegance of the Geishas, until submission of Madame Butterfly. Images that have attracted the look to Japanese women have raised interest in this figure. Thus, the complex reality of the Japanese woman has been hidden behind the filters of Orientalism on the one hand, and machismo on the other.
Japanese XXI century woman faces the challenges of social change that society suffers today. Therefore, the situation in our family is the one where there is a nowadays women who is facing to the custom of his mother in law, which is symbolizing a confrontation between tradition and westernization.
ben...@gmail.com
megbeange
Megan
Borja Castillo (gmail)
This information is private and confidential and intended for the recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an official statement from Habitat72.com. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice