What scale is your city?
Tokyo’s futures are a matter of constant contention. The rich low-city tradition of dense, socially functional and internally complex communities is today endangered by the ascendant mode - towers in the park which have atomised existing neighbourhoods across the city. By proposing an interstitial development shot through with pathways and mixed uses, Homescale would restate the value of fine-grained urbanism in contemporary Tokyo, in turn strengthening the traditional city’s claim to existence.

Every city is a complex place, but the expression of that complexity is never a foregone conclusion. If we value an expressive city, we must find ways to manifest complexity in our urban environments - and to push back against the forces which would wipe it away.