(UN)PRIVATE HOUSING
(2004-2006)
collaboration with Mari Pape

The aim of the studio is to deal with aspects of domesticity that extend into urban space, and aspects of urbanity that reconfigure the idea of the domestic.
For the last 10 years, Tokyo has been recognised internationally as a laboratory for questions of the threshold between public and private space.
In the context of Tokyo, the question of the boundary between inside and outside is articulated both physically and virtually. The physical extension of the home into the public realm is expressed through different activities such as bars, love hotels, pachinko or karaoke rooms etc.

Equally relevant are "virtual" extensions like Internet, TV, mobile phones etc. produce new forms of domestic inhabitation in the city.

The studio was organised in 4 parts:
- preparation of the study trip & design studio
- study trip & research workshop in Tokyo
- design studio in Berlin
- further processing and symposium
   Akihabara Design Community in Tokyo

www.unprivatehousing.com