Craving a Tranquil Escape in Your Backyard? Turn it into a Healing Garden!
Feeling stressed, overwhelmed, or simply disconnected from nature? You’re not alone. But what if you could create a personal sanctuary right outside your door – a healing garden designed to bring peace and rejuvenation to your life? We, as specialists in healing spaces, help you get an idea of your healing garden. Thanks to technology, […]
Cultivating Peace: How Japanese Gardens Foster Cross-Cultural Understanding
The world feels heavy with conflict right now, from the war in Ukraine to the ongoing struggles in Gaza. Amidst this tension, the concept of peace can seem distant. However, there are beautiful and unexpected ways to cultivate peace, and one such avenue lies in the art of Japanese garden design. The North American Japanese […]
Noguchi’s Body-Space Devices & Our Environment in this Crisis
If you are forced to stay at home in this COVID-19 crisis, the architecture of your home might seem like the enclosure that stops you from moving. The “Body-Space Devices” exhibition at the Noguchi Museum is a good reminder that it should not be. The exhibition (May 2019- May 2020) shows Noguchi’s works that provoke […]
Michiyuki and the Katsura Imperial Villa
Michiyuki: Traveling and Beyond Being under water blurs the self/space boundary because you are always in motion. Michiyuki, the Japanese spatial concept for “moving self,” means traveling from once place to another. It specifically refers to the space you covered and the time you spent while traveling. But by translating Michiyuki to “traveling,” something is […]
Mindfulness through Ma
More than a gate Another Japanese spatial concept that contributes to designing a mindful space is the boundary in motion. One of the Japanese words for this is Ma, which generally means “gap.” The Chinese character for Ma (間) represents a gate made out of two doors with the moonlight coming through. But Ma is much more […]
