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Tokyo

Issue 24
Mas issue tokyo drawing tokyo 01

Drawing Tokyo

Short essay by Luis Mendo
Mas issue tokyo life cycles a tokyo bike story 01

Life Cycles: A Tokyo Bike Story

Story and photography by Lee Basford
Mas issue tokyo being small living in tokyo and being unique 01

Being Small, Living in Tokyo, and Being Unique

Short essay by Masaki Endoh
Mas issue tokyo i am a japanese urban explorer haikyo living in tokyo 01

I am a Japanese Urban Explorer (haikyo) Living in Tokyo

Short essay by neji_maki_dori
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Drawings, Storytelling, and Subjectivity

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
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And So You Come

Essay by Craig Mod
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Anselm Dästner

Illustrations by Anselm Dästner
Mas issue tokyo andrew joyce 01

Andrew Joyce

Illustrations by Andrew Joyce
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Ghosttthead

Illustrations by Ghosttthead
Mas issue tokyo andrew browne 01

Andrew Browne

Illustrations by Andrew Browne
Mas issue tokyo david robert 01

David Robert

Illustrations by David Robert
Mas issue tokyo terry satomi 01

Terry Satomi

Illustrations by Terry Satomi
Mas issue tokyo grace lee 01

Grace Lee

Illustrations by Grace Lee
Mas issue tokyo hama house 01

Hama-House

Illustrations by Hama-House
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Joey Meuross

Illustrations by Joey Meuross
Mas issue tokyo shu kuge 01

Shu Kuge

Illustrations by Shu Kuge
Mas issue tokyo mariya suzuki 01

Mariya Suzuki

Illustrations by Mariya Suzuki
Mas issue tokyo luis mendo 01

Luis Mendo

Illustrations by Luis Mendo
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Adrian Hogan

Illustrations by Adrian Hogan
Mas issue tokyo placemaking in koenji 01

Place-making in Kōenji: (Re)Invented Spaces and Traditions

Short essay by Christian Dimmer
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Sheibu Ad Campaign

Short essay by Chip Lord
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The Future that Never Happened

Short essay by fala (Filipe Magalhães and Ana Luisa Soares)
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A Work of Art

Short essay by Tama-chan (Takayo Kiyota)
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Tokyoites

An observation on Tokyo’s citizens and their surroundings by Luis Mendo
Mas issue ordinary lilli pot spaces rendezvous in tokyo 01

Ordinary Lilli-pot Spaces: Rendezvous in Tokyo

Essay by Zenovia Toloudi
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Architecture Without Idealism (Of A Sort)

Essay and project by John Szot
Mas issue more more identities 01

More Identities

Prada Transformer by OMA / Rem Koolhaas
Mas issue events embt goes east 01

EMBT Goes East

Mateu Baylina and Xavi Ayala interview Benedetta Tagliabue
Mas issue living facts 01

Living Facts

MAS Context selects facts and numbers about the way we live around the world.
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Case Study #1: Nakagin Capsule Tower

Project by Kisho Kurokawa architect & associates

Events

Mas event 2022 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2022

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 01

1972/Accumulations

Exhibition
Mas event 2022 a capsule as a house 01

A Capsule as a House

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
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The Aesthetic of Transience

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2021 nocturnal landscapes museo en la calle 01

Nocturnal Landscapes: Museo en la Calle

Exhibition
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Couplings 2023

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2024 exploring architectures response to evolving societal changes 01

Exploring Architecture’s Response to Societal Changes

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024

Observations

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Helmut Jahn (1940-2021)

Remembering architect Helmut Jahn and his work
Mas observations 2020 without michael 01

Without Michael

Jonathan Solomon remembers Michael Sorkin
Mas observations 2019 almost perfect 01

Almost Perfect

Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo and Yuka Martin Mendo
Mas observations 2022 at home with the collective 01

At Home with the Collective

Excerpts from a conversation between MAS Context and Alexander Eisenschmidt on a research project that he calls “At Home with the Collective” accompanied by a selection of work from a seminar and studio at UIC.
Mas observations 2023 mundo mendo 01

Mundo Mendo Goes to Seoul: The World of Luis Mendo on Display

Iker Gil interviews Luis Mendo about his exhibition Mundo Mendo
Mas observations 2024 the japanese house inside and out nendo 01

The Japanese House Inside and Out

Essay by Naomi Pollock
Mas observations 2024 exploring the specificities of place from panama to oxford 01

Exploring the Specificities of Place, from Panama to Oxford

David Schalliol interviews Arturo Soto
Mas observations 2025 ishinomaki laboratory a furniture company with a deep social mission 01

Ishinomaki Laboratory: A Furniture Company with a Deep Social Mission

David Schalliol interviews Keiji Ashizawa and Tomomi Hashimoto
Mas observations 2025 unidad vecinal 01

Unidad Vecinal: A Flexible Architecture Continuously Activated

Iker Gil interviews Francisco Quiñones and Nathan Friedman of Departamento del Distrito
Mas observations 2025 a visual journey through pascal grecos hong kong 01

A Visual Journey Through Pascal Greco’s Hong Kong

Iker Gil interviews Pascal Greco

Dialogues

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Dialogues: Sidney K. Robinson

Iker Gil interviews architect Sidney K. Robinson

News

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Luis Mendo presents the Tokyo issue during Pecha Kucha Night Vol. 122
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MAS Context and the 2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial
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MAS Context in Archizines Exhibition in Moscow
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MAS Context collaborates with Luis Mendo
Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 02

“1972/ Nagakin Capsule Tower” opens in Milwaukee
Mas history mas context issues

Summer Sale at the MAS Context Reading Room

Shop

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Tokyo

Shop – SALE $15
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1972/Nakagin Capsule Tower

Shop – $1,200 each print

Contributors

Andrew Browne

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Gabriel Cira

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Greg Girard

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Yuka Martín Mendo

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Akihisa Hirata

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Masahiro Harada

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Yuko Nagayama

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Hiroshi Nakamura

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Yasutaka Yoshimura

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Anthony Burrill

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Ambient Information Systems

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Craig Mod

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Andrew Joyce

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David Robert

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Terry Satomi

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Grace Lee

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Hama-House

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Shu Kuge

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Mariya Suzuki

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Adrian Hogan

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Christian Dimmer

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neji_maki_dori

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Masaki Endoh

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Tama-chan

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Tapio Snellman

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Eric Tabuchi

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Pascal Greco

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