Inujima ~ revitalized with the force of air
Feb 18, 2010 18:21:47 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Feb 18, 2010 18:21:47 GMT
Inujima Art Project <--- click
By Naomi R. Pollock, AIA
An isolated island amid many that dot the Seto Inland Sea, Inujima once helped fuel Japan’s early industrialization. Close enough to Honshu, the country’s main island, for easy transport yet far enough to keep noxious fumes at bay, Inujima reached its productive pinnacle in 1909 ... after a mere 10 years, the factory was abandoned and its brick edifice left to crumble until its rebirth some 80 years later as the site of the first of several planned Inujima Art Projects. . . .
... the 0.21-square-mile island is distinguished by the haunting remains of the refinery’s six chimneys and the mazes of brick wall fragments fanned out around them.
See a remarkable series of photographs with sensitive commenatary here:
tokyogreenspace.com/2009/11/12/inujima-reclaiming-the-past-to-envision-the-future/
There is much more information online, if you wish to learn more about this excellent undertaking.
By Naomi R. Pollock, AIA
An isolated island amid many that dot the Seto Inland Sea, Inujima once helped fuel Japan’s early industrialization. Close enough to Honshu, the country’s main island, for easy transport yet far enough to keep noxious fumes at bay, Inujima reached its productive pinnacle in 1909 ... after a mere 10 years, the factory was abandoned and its brick edifice left to crumble until its rebirth some 80 years later as the site of the first of several planned Inujima Art Projects. . . .
... the 0.21-square-mile island is distinguished by the haunting remains of the refinery’s six chimneys and the mazes of brick wall fragments fanned out around them.
See a remarkable series of photographs with sensitive commenatary here:
tokyogreenspace.com/2009/11/12/inujima-reclaiming-the-past-to-envision-the-future/
There is much more information online, if you wish to learn more about this excellent undertaking.
