1. Tokyo Park / 东京公园
Tokyo commuter park, a park of movement.
In a city as chaotic as Tokyo, where one is always in transit, where movement is a constant, it is impossible to imagine a traditional park.
With on average a three hour daily commute, a Tokyo resident spends a substantial amount of time on the move. This time is lost in a way, although efficient as they are, it is used for sleeping, eating, relaxing, reading and listening to music. This time is spend together, physically, but mentally one is alone.
在一个如同东京一样纷乱的城市里,永恒不变的是人们永远在移动中。在这里,想象一个传统意义上的静态公园是不可能的。
东京人一天在上下班的路上平均耗时多达三小时。这些大块的时间虽然可以用来小睡,吃零食,休息,阅读,或者听音乐,但从某种意义上来讲还是白白浪费掉了。这段时间虽然在表面上是和别人一起度过,但在精神上,只是孤独的一个人消磨时光。
It is during this time that we want people to enjoy the park. We’ll beat the Walkman*
The park will come to you by surprise and take you away from the city, from the overkill of information, the visual input, the noise, the smell, and so on. It will create a break, making you realize for a moment where you are; just long enough to make you wonder. You glance at your fellow travelers and smile. They shared the same feeling…
It will happen to you on your way home, your way to the cinema or to your girlfriend. While moving by car, train, subway or foot, you unexpectedly enter this zone. You first notice something is missing and then you feel relieved, decompressed. The world is clear again. Free of unnecessary input. The only things left are the basics.
而我们希望上班族们就是在这段时光内可以享受这个公园。我们要战胜随身 听。
这个公园会在惊奇之中出现在你身旁,带你离开这个城市,离开泛滥的信息、 杂乱的色彩、吵闹的噪音等等。它带来的是短暂的放松,你看看周围的乘客,交换微笑。
这个公园会出现在你回家的路上,你去电影院的路上,或者是去相约恋人的路上。无论是坐在汽车里、火车里、地铁里,抑或是走路,你都会在意想之外突然进入这个神奇的区域。首先你意识到的是缺少了什么常见的东西,之后的感觉则是让人神爽清凉的——整个世界都变得清净而亮丽,没有不必要的杂乱。剩下的只有万物的精髓。
* this was a machine that played music and predated the iPod







