Georgia Taylor-Berry and Kim Johnson
2016.05
[Exhibition] Future of Matsudo| Georgia & Kim
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After consulting with the community and becoming ‘ aneurs’ on the streets of Matsudo, rough Cities has produced ‘Visions for Matsudo’. Matsudo is a city of great potential and rich history; it is full of interesting and passionate people who want to instill this passion within their city.
these images are utopian visions and as such they should provoke thought, rather than pro- pose speci c ideas, to stimulate conversation and perhaps change amongst your community.
A Vertical Onsen
An iconic tower encompassing the spirit and the historical complexity of Matsudo; it’s water and river with the traditional onsens of Japan. is tower could de ne a new typology of buildings that could potentially determine the renewal of Matsudo with an icon (like the Eiffel tower) at it’s centre.
Waterfront Reactivation.
A bathing pool that naturally lters the rivers toxins, wind farms and a historical museum housing artefacts from the Edo Rivers many histories.
A Community Square.
Help local retired farmers interact with local kindergartens and the community with shared education gardens that foster community kitchens and local produce. Supply giant chess sets and establish an outdoor cinema. Replacing the atmosphere of the old Sunshine theatre and making a square where all people, young and old will want to meet and enjoy the fun and games.
Canalside
Re-brand Matsudo’s transit city into a city of opportunity and lifestyle. e canals are an asset that are currently underutilised. Allow a ordable investments for small businesses to set up simple co ee shops, yatai, bars, bike shops and bakeries and team this with crowd drawing ventures such as barbeques, shing, boat rides, swimming holes and an arti cial surf break.
Lose a lane, gain a forest.
With few cars over Matsudo’s streets, sacri cing one lane of tra c to build a forest may not be such a risky idea, which could activate shopfronts and apartment blocks at it’s perimetre. Green spaces are for everyone. Couples can picnic, students can study using the free wi , families can play safely, elderly friends can meet in the shade or enjoy the bike path, owers and birds. Matsudo can be a place where people will not want to leave.
Matsudo: the city of colour.
e skyline of Matsudo is dotted with dozens of colourless multi-storey apartments and o ces. A bold public art project involving painting many of the buildings to create a ‘city of colour’ would not only improve the outlook and lives of people in the community, but encourage outsiders to visit or live in Matsudo.
[THROUGH CITIES]
seeks to analyse different types of cities through visual, quantifiable and abstract methods in order to provoke discourse and retrospect regarding our urban environments to ultimately generate ideas and perhaps solutions about the ways we live and should live in cities.
Featured in this exhibition are graphical visualisations for Matsudo; design proposals and thoughts, as imagined by architects and the people of Matsudo. Accompanying this is a selection of photographic and architectural studies of Asia’s many different cities; a product of travelling ‘through cities’ for the past twelve months.
DATE : Wednesday, 25th ~ Sunday, 29th May, 2016
OPEN : 10:00-18:00
VENUE : International Friendship Gallery, Matsudo Cultural Hall
ADDRESS : Matsudo Building 4F, 1307-1, Matsudo, Matsudo-city, Chiba
ARTIST : GEORGIA & KIM
ADMISSION : FREE
PROFILE :
Georgia Taylor-Berry and Kim Johnson are architects/urban designers from Perth, Australia, who have been travelling ‘through cities’ for the past year. Thus far, Georgia and Kim have drawn on their experiences in the field of architecture and studied the nature of cities throughout Asia and the environments that have been contrived for ourselves. Two years have been dedicated to travelling from Australia to Denmark; collecting quantifiable data and documenting architecture, streets, people and other aspects of public life. This project attempts to provoke thoughts, ideas and perhaps solutions about the ways we live and should live in cities.
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