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A: Yes. Made in Tokyo has a sequel called Tokyo Metabolizing (also by Atelier Bow-Wow), and a similar guide for other cities like Pet Architecture Guide Book .

Many featured structures attach themselves to larger infrastructures—bridges, train pillars, retaining walls. This “parasitism” maximizes leftover space (the Japanese concept of sumi or "corner"). made in tokyo atelier bow wow pdf

The book functions as an anatomical study of Tokyo’s densest neighborhoods. A: Yes

In a city where land prices and taxes force the extreme subdivision of plots, these buildings represent an "urban ecology" where the architecture is forced to adapt to a highly specific and often unforgiving habitat. made in tokyo atelier bow wow pdf

While Made in Tokyo looks at larger urban hybrids, it laid the groundwork for the firm’s subsequent work, .