Tightness is a positive urban quality, examined through the observations of designers, with a focus on the cities of Asia. The rapidly growing large cities of Asia are critical to understanding our future footprint. Asian cities provide insights into new ways of being densely urbanised. The by-product of this unprecedented metropolitan convergence will be the emergence of new urbanisms and new architectures, new models for living and making culture.

The Supertight refers to the small, intense, robust and hyper-condensed spaces that emerge as a by-product of extreme levels of urban density. Tightness arises as consequence of density, but tightness itself is not density. Tightness is a series of social, economic and cultural practices that have developed in cities as a response to the rapid growth and consolidation of cities. While architectural models of density have been heavily explored, this project investigates the culture of tightness that has emerged in Asian cities over the past thirty years, and the role that designers play in the material and social behaviours of tightness. To be tight is to be small and constrained, but also to be open to the economies and social intimacy of being close. Ultimately this project aims to unpack and convey both the delight and difficulty that emerges through the close occupation of large cities.

With Contributions of Yoshiharu Tsukamoto / Atelier Bow-wow Atelierco Rafael A Balboa with Yasemin Sahiner Sanuki Daisuke Drawing Architecture Studio Desiree Grunewald Sue Hajdu Tohru Horiguchi Alban Mannisi, Yazid Ninsalam, Charles Anderson Minsuk Cho / Mass Studies New Office Works Archie Pizzini Andrew Stiff Superimpose Taishin Shiozaki / Shiozaki Lab WOHA

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Publisher

Actar

Year

2021

ISBN

9781638408116

Topic

Architecture

Subtopic

Urban Planning & Landscaping

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Foreword
Reflections on Tightness After Covid from a conversation with Yoshiharu Tsukamoto in 2021
Conversation with Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Nigel Bertram
Essay: Overlapping and Sharing in Tight Cities with Taishin Shiozaki
Interview with Tohru Horiguchi
Bingo House: A Super Tight Loose Standing Bar, Tohru Horiguchi
Conversation with Minsuk Cho and Donald Bates
Freeze! Mass Studies
Essay: Rasquachismo and Adjustment versus Control and Planning
Interview with Sue Hajdu
Urban Documentation Vietnam Series, Sue Hajdu
Interview with Archie Pizzini
Rasquachismo Series photographs, Archie Pizzini
Conversation with Aleesha Callaghan and Ian Nazareth
Essay: The Appearance of the Tight City
Tight Bar and Tight Hẻm Installations
Interview with Rafael A.Balboa
Ginza, Shinjuku, Shibuya Series: Rafael A.Balboa and Yasemin Sahiner
Interview with New Office Works
Middle Man, Palm Tree, Short Cuts video series, New Office Works
Interview with Sanuki Daisuke
Ho Chi Minh City House Series, Sanuki Daisuke
Essay: Situation and Desire in the Tight City
Conversation with Luke Thornton and Aaron Roberts
Interview with Ruben Bergambagt
Spacious Tightness, Superimpose
Singapore Projects, WOHA
Conversation with Drawing Architecture Studio
Diamond Village Series, Drawing Architecture Studio
Conversation with the City of Moreland
Conversation with Jana Perkovic and others
CASACO Project: tomito architecture
Essay: Tight and Tolerant Cultures
Conversation with Taishin Shiozaki
Tight Density,Tight Familiarity, Overlapping City, Shiozaki Lab
Mapas and Habitats Collage Series, Desirée Grunewald
Conversation with Vietnam Hem Group
Hẻm and Pha Lau video works, Andrew Stiff
Essay: Production in Tight in Cities
Hokkien Mee Diplomacy, Anderson, Mannisi, Ninsalam
Conversation with Anderson, Mannisi, Ninsalam
Conversation with the Design Hub Curators
Towards a Super Tight City
Acknowledgments: Image Credits: Notes and References