area 100 | changing cities

location: Tokyo, Japan

In the Japanese capital density is obviously an urban constant, but the exaltation of consumer goods, commerce and individuality has given rise, in the most popular downtown streets, to the development of a new kind of shop building: the superstores or flagstores which advertise their designer label, flaunting their presence in the city. Analogously, the religious culture of the individual and ownership give rise to new and unexpected housing solutions for detached homes. Commerce and building homes appear to be the activities capable of defining new and unexpected urban scenarios.