the father of tokusatsu (Japanese special effects) is known around the world as the creator of Godzilla but another franchise of his design remains just as popular in Japan which began in 1966 with an Outer Limits-like anthology titled Ultra Q The premise is simple: possessed by an extraterrestrial entity the protagonist transforms into a gigantic titular superhero to combat alien behemoths the franchise continues to run on and has had American re-imaginings as well Tsuburaya’s hometown in Fukushima Prefecture the characters from Ultraman line the street leading from the station to the city’s community center which houses a museum dedicated to the SFX legend even the wrinkles of the costumes are recreated While there are several iterations of the Ultraman character with its diverse rogues’ gallery adding colors to the street This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw Honoring the star of the “The Bob Newhart Show” which took place in the city of Chicago in the 1970s A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City These massive animal sculptures were constructed as part of a reality TV show challenge An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.' A 15-foot-tall statue of the head of the Sopranos family greets passengers at a train station in southeastern Lithuania A bronze statue of Mister Rogers in the neighborhood where he grew up It's a unique monument honoring a great character who inspired a generation of young women to be more and pursue their dreams Architrip designed a house in the suburbs of Sukagawa City, Fukushima Prefecture extending the family’s lifestyle beyond the home into the surrounding garden the residence emphasizes a fluid connection between the built structure and the natural environment The central layout of the house is organized around the water facilities creating continuous living spaces that facilitate movement and interaction for the family The design incorporates an earthen floor and a space under the eaves that wraps around the wooden house encouraging movement around the perimeter and offering seating areas similar to a traditional porch This feature merges the inside and outside environments providing opportunities for the family to engage with the garden and nature creates a free-flowing space where children can move and play throughout the house while maintaining a connection with other family members all images by Sakumaru The interior of the house is designed with an open airy feel by integrating the attic space without a ceiling sweeping windows facing the earthen floor enhance the sense of continuity between indoor and outdoor spaces Although the interior measures a compact 60 sqm the inclusion of the exterior spaces under the eaves and the earthen floor expands the living area to approximately 100 sqm This design strategy balances the need for manageable maintenance and utility costs with a spacious living environment The designers at Architrip constructed a wooden frame for the house and interior walls of lauan plywood providing a customizable surface for the DIY-inclined homeowner Pre-installed grooves for partitions and curtain rails allow for flexibility in dividing or expanding spaces as the family’s needs evolve This adaptability ensures the home can grow with the family over time adjusting to different life stages while maintaining a close relationship with the surrounding environment Architrip’s design blends indoor and outdoor living extending the home into the surrounding garden an earthen floor and space under the eaves wrap around the house seating areas under the eaves serve as porches encouraging interaction with the natural surroundings large windows enhance the connection between the interior and the surrounding garden the attic space is integrated without a ceiling the house is constructed with a wooden frame and lauan plywood interior walls for flexibility the house maintains a close relationship with its natural environment grooves for partitions and curtain rails enable flexible space division as the family’s needs change allowing the home to evolve with the family’s lifestyle lauan plywood walls allow for easy customization by the DIY-inclined homeowner the central layout is organized around water facilities creating fluid and connected living spaces name: Expanding lifestyles through going around architects: Architrip/Shota Kuwana | @architrip.inc + Ryota Hiraoka site area: 417.28 sqm building area: 57.96 sqm total floor area: 57.96 sqm photography: Sakumaru | @sakumaru.glaughy.inc designboom has received this project from our DIY submissions feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here. edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style Please view the main text area of the page by skipping the main menu. The page may not be displayed properly if the JavaScript is deactivated on your browser Japanese version Fukushima's Sukagawa City now has a brand new community centre courtesy of Japan's Unemori Architects created in consultation with the local population and municipality  unemori-archi.com Receive our daily digest of inspiration, escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox. Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper* She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006 visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas Ellie has also taken part in judging panels such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022) a 13,698 sqm (147,444 sqft) multipurpose building complex housing a library the project has been developed as part of a municipal reconstruction project to revitalize the severely damaged city center after the great east japan earthquake of 2011 built in collaboration with ishimoto architectural & engineering firm the five-story building is characterized by open floor setbacks cantilevered slabs and an activity-based floor plan all images by kawasumi・kobayashi kenji photograph office together with ishimoto architectural & engineering firm, UNEMORI ARCHITECTS developed the sukagawa community center as a complex structural system the building is designed as an interlocked structure based on different floor slabs which are divided into small sections and staggered to form an incremental setback on the site facing the historic main street its interior is characterized by an open floor plan and offset floor levels that partly appear to float freely in the cavity of the center this intricate structural system is made possible through a steel frame megastructure which is placed on the third and fourth floors about designing a community building after a great natural disaster and how they reorganized the entire japanese library system to create something unique for the city of sukagawa. read the interview in full below designboom (DB): the sukagawa community center was developed in the wake of the great east japan earthquake of march 11 how does the new design respond to future natural disasters UNEMORI ARCHITECTS (UA): the sukagawa community center is a project after the great earthquake in east japan and that’s why we tried to approach it in both a hard and soft way we stacked a series of slabs and shifted them to the side in order to create exterior terraces to evacuate the building through the exterior terraces and staircases the interior can be better ventilated by not only the terraces but also the large windows this building has become a base for many generations of citizens who can visit and work in this building on a daily basis you can see the faces of the citizens and understand the building such daily use functions effectively for evacuation and mutual help in the event of a disaster of designing a building to revitalize the destroyed city center of sukagawa city the city was so deserted that most of the people walking around had disappeared we made it possible to see people directly from the city and I wanted to encourage the city with the appearance of people working in this building I also wanted to create a building that would allow one to walk around the city and be continuous with the city and this site also has level differences of about 2.5 meters between east and west the floor on the first level was made into a slope as a whole so that one could pass through the building and connect the city such terraces and sloped floors are very difficult to realize in japanese public facilities for reasons such as safety but we managed to achieve this project through a lot of discussions with the people involved DB: what were the public’s demands and how did you integrate them into the design concept what activities does the floor plan of the multi-purpose building enclose UA: about 35 public workshops were held from the start of the design to the completion of the building like wanting a hot spring or a planetarium or education in the form of a cooking class and that it would be nice if the children’s playground and library were nearby perhaps after the earthquake we realized that there was a potential demand among citizens to connect with someone we reconsidered a complex facility that had only different functions until then to create a new architecture with integrated functions this building is mainly a multifunctional complex of libraries and a community center with childcare support we tried to decompose it into activities and reclassify them into nine themes books are arranged according to each theme forming an integrated architecture that is a place of activity we arranged books about making things in the immediate vicinity of the craft room books on cooking were placed near the cooking studio and books such as picture books were placed in the indoor playground even if children are not interested in books also the opposite could happen; the people coming to take books can encounter those activities contains a theme of each of the categories and each slab is stacked and shifted on the side then we planned to connect the plates with gentle slopes and stairs so one can meet various spaces and books and activities as if they were walking around the city there is also an intermediate space in between windows called the inner terrace so the building has a variety of spaces outdoor we aimed for an architecture that really allows every person to stay by creating various types of spaces DB: what are the main characteristics of the building’s structural design UA: the building’s plates are out of alignment so it was not possible to place columns through that’s why it was necessary to shift the position of the pillars up and down I didn’t want to drop a pillar on the floor of the first level because I wanted to make the first level feel like a street a megastructure with truss beams is created on a part of the third and fourth floors cantilevering floors are hanging from there to support the pillars on the upper floors this megastructure has a height of about two meters and it contains equipment such as air conditioning by treating the equipment space in cross section the machine room on each floor was almost unnecessary which allowed the openings to be operated in various directions this megastructure works as a sound absorbing layer with sound absorbing material inside to prevent the lively sounds of the entrance on the lower floor from reaching the quiet gallery and library space on the upper levels a gradual sound environment has been realized in the large studio space the megastructure also serves as a space for smoke pools in case of fire where we planned to let the collective smoke out through the smoke exhaust window DB: it’s really nice that you can see through the megastructure with the mesh that wraps it – that the equipment is not hidden UA: this is because we wanted to let the citizens understand how the building is composed the megastructure also works as an element to hang things from like the netted play space above the indoor playground the population of sukagawa city is about 77,000 700,000 people – both residents and visitors – came to the city in a single year one of the most important points is that actually this project is not only by UNEMORI but it is a joint venture between an established architectural firm and an architect in his 30s it’s really difficult to challenge such a large and public building but sukagawa’s government aimed to get fresh ideas by combining creativity with experience many projects after the disaster in east japan just aimed to recover the existing situation; this project seeks to do so with creative thinking.image by kai nakamura architect: UNEMORI ARCHITECTS collaborator: ishimoto architectural & engineering firm Japanese Architects Tsunagu Sato and Kazuki Sogo of Ishimoto Architectural & Engineering Firm together with Hiroyuki Unemori of Unemori Architects teamed up to collaborate on this new community center in Sukagawa City in Fukushima after the massive earthquake in East Japan in 2011.The community center was rebuilt deliberately involving the citizens in the planning process.Special workshops helped to define the demands on the new building as an organic architecture with different zones resulting in a community center with many platforms—a library a playground and a terrace.It is a complex facility created as a reconstruction project of the Great East Japan Earthquake.By building a place for activity of multiple functions such as library for lifelong learning the facility was planned to revitalize the city and interaction of its citizens that had been lost.The megastructure is designed based on the “misalignment of the floors.”The staggering effect creates an outside terrace on each floor and visually connects the different indoor facilities such as a library allowing just the right amount of distance from each other to co-exist in the building.Suspended floors produce an astylar space and their thickness addresses the issue of noise and securing space for building facilities providing various solutions with the power of design.The development of this new public facility well reflects the complex and diverse times today Architects: Ishimoto Architectural & Engineering Firm and Unemori ArchitectsClient: Sukagawa Community CenterPhotographers: Kai Nakamura/ Kawasumi-Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office Yojii Funaki / Shota Hiyoshi Input your search keywords and press Enter You can see how this popup was set up in our step-by-step guide: https://wppopupmaker.com/guides/auto-opening-announcement-popups/ Eiji Tsuburaya, known for ULTRA Q (1966) and ULTRAMAN (1966-67) has a special museum on the 5th floor of the Tette Cultural Exchange Center in Sukagawa the Sukagawa Citizens Exchange Center tette building opened to hundreds in attendance During the opening ceremony Mayor Katsuya Hashimoto said that the museum will “also honor special effects master Eiji Tsuburaya.” Eiji was born in Sukagawa city and for his accomplishments he will be honored with the Eiji Tsuburaya Museum a historical center that will showcase Japanese special effects to the world Cooper’s KING KONG (1933) to make his own monster movies He is the mastermind behind over 250 military and science fiction movies and TV programs with Toho Studios and Tsuburaya Productions He created the first kaiju boom with the debut of ULTRA Q in 1966 and ULTRAMAN in 1966-67 All over the museum you can celebrate Tsuburaya’s universe of characters with its 5 floors of: classes The Tette Building also includes cultural meeting rooms while focusing on the director of special visual effects who utilized miniatures and suitmation thus co-inventing Japan’s most iconic monsters and heroes The Tsuburaya Museum is a fusion of more than 100 exhibits and a 14-minute Godzilla short film with the aforementioned 2-meter 1954 style Godzilla suit The museum also has three photo free zones and “create your own kaiju” interactive screens The museum exists as a foundation to inspire children to dream as Tsuburaya did as he started off making model airplanes as a child and later launched a career in motion pictures Fukushima is also a welcoming environment for adults and parents to reminisce with their childhood memories of Godzilla Visit the ultra-cool life of Sukagawa and learn about the creative spirit with special visual effects director Eiji Tsuburaya at the Eiji Tsuburaya Museum on the 5th floor of the Tette Cultural Exchange Center in Sukagawa Museum hours are 9am – 5pm and are closed the 3rd Tuesday of each month The museum is located at: 4-14-1 Nakamachi Sukagawa City Source: SciFi Japan Also known as HebitsukaiLi Cosplay and @sentairidertaisen45 on Instagram Charlie Li is a current MFA Student at New York School of Interior Design and a New York University Game Design BFA Graduate He enjoys tokusatsu of all kind as well as anime and k-pop His top 3 Sentai include: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. 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All articles from our websiteThe digital version of Today's PaperBreaking news alerts direct to your inboxAll articles from the other regional websites in your areaContinueThe 27 Japanese students and two teachers arrived in Australia on Monday morning before heading to Grossmann to start a week’s stay in Maitland that afternoon The visit is part of an ongoing sister school program between Maitland Grossmann and Sukagawa Toyo High School that kicked off 25 years ago Every two years a group of Maitland students visits Japan and vice versa with students from Sukagawa Toyo While the Japanese students get to visit Grossmann the Maitland students can’t do the same due to Sukagawa Toyo’s close proximity to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant which was involved in a nuclear accident in 2011 Maitland Grossmann High School English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher Ron Brown said the idea of the program is to give all of the students a cultural and linguistic exchange “It’s really rewarding and satisfying,” he said “It’s really important people from Maitland get to know cultures in other countries.” are all staying with families of Maitland Grossmann kids and will immerse themselves in Australian culture throughout the week On Tuesday the group enjoyed a dolphin cruise and on Wednesday they learnt all about Australain slang “Now they can all say ‘g’day mate’,” Mr Brown said The Japanese students also got a taste of Anzac biscuits and lamingtons and on Friday they’ll get up close and personal with native and foreign wildlife at Hunter Valley Zoo they’ll put on their dancing shoes and have a bush dance at Buttai Barn before spending time with their host families on Sunday and leaving Maitland on Monday “On Monday morning there’ll be many tears and sadness,” Mr Brown said “But the good thing with social media now is they’ll be able to stay in touch.” Sage Swinton is a news reporter who was born and bred in the Hunter. 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Today's top stories curated by our news team Get the editor's insights: what's happening & why it matters tips & travel writing to transport you around the globe Your weekday morning newsletter on national affairs reviews and expert insights every Thursday from CarExpert Your essential national news digest: all the big issues on Wednesday and great reading every Saturday Let the ACM network's editors and journalists bring you news and views from all over Your digital replica of Today's Paper 2024 years 11 month 20 Date 21 when 54 minutes Please note that this article contains advertisements the hometown of company founder Eiji Tsuburaya held the two-day event "Sukagawa Fantasy Festival 2024" on Saturday Tsuburaya Productions and Sukagawa City have been building a cooperative relationship through various projects since 2013 triggered by the support for the reconstruction efforts following the Great East Japan Earthquake With the partnership agreement concluded last year in 2023 the two companies are working on continuous and even more advanced activities to develop a city that fosters the "power of imagination." we will be hosting the "Sukagawa Fantasy Festival 2024" project "A town that nurtures the power of imagination," together with Sukagawa City and Fukushima Prefecture a range of activities were planned to inspire the imaginations of both children and adults from live performances and greetings to panel discussions and many Ultraman fans visited Sukagawa City and Fukushima Airport The first performance of "Ultraman Six Brothers THE LIVE Ultraman Edition ~Fantasy Beyond the Starry Sky~" in Sukagawa City featured a live stage performance with a dramatic story and direction based on episode 15 of "Ultraman," "The Terrifying Cosmic Rays." The story is about a monster imagined by alien boys in a "world" slightly different from Earth that becomes reality and expands on their fantasies a new form of the popular monster Gavadon (first appeared in the 1966 broadcast of "Ultraman") whose design drawing was recently released "Gavadon (C)" is set to have been born from the imagination of an alien boy who appears in the story and the design was created based on an actual drawing by a child The finale also featured an evolved stage performance from the "Ultraman 6 Brothers THE LIVE" series and Ultra Monsters appeared alongside the performers in a performance directed by LDH's Norihisa Hiranuma and PATO Based on the themes of the power of imagination the show was a powerful finale that incorporated dance elements and LED effects unique to LDH that had not been seen in previous performances Organized by: Sukagawa City/Tsuburaya Productions/Fukushima Prefecture This live stage show features the original Ultraman and can be enjoyed by both children and adults you will want to talk about the emotions that remain in your heart with your children and you will want to share your feelings with someone else Experience the world of Ultraman at the moving dramatic theater "Ultraman 6 Brothers THE LIVE." Eiji Tsuburaya would climb trees at a temple near his house Director Eiji and the young people who gathered around him created a series of masterpieces using their free-spirited "power of imagination." We cherish the special effects culture and technology that Director Eiji left behind the "power of imagination" that is the source of all of our activities And as long as many of you continue to enjoy our fantasy worlds we view the "power of imagination" as a core value of Tsuburaya Productions and will continue to create works and worlds that you can enjoy <Interviews with Norihisa Hiranuma and PATO Tsuburaya Productions' original digital platform "TSUBURAYA IMAGINATION" - available for viewing by subscribing to a free (trial) or higher plan Details　https://imagination.m-78.jp/imagination -What's New -, , , BABYMONSTER's super-fast performance at KSPO DOME! 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In addition, the distribution information for her new song "Mawaru Kimochi" has also been released! 2025 years 5 month 6 Date 00 when 00 minutes 2025 years 5 month 5 Date 23 when 16 minutes 2025 years 5 month 5 Date 22 when 53 minutes 2025 years 5 month 5 Date 22 when 48 minutes 2025 years 5 month 5 Date 22 when 39 minutes 2025 years 5 month 5 Date 21 when 40 minutes 2025 years 5 month 5 Date 21 when 35 minutes 2025 years 5 month 5 Date 21 when 06 minutes 2025 years 5 month 5 Date 20 when 43 minutes 2025 years 5 month 5 Date 20 when 00 minutes and researches valuable materials related to special effects that are in danger of dissipation This center is not just a storage facility / research facility but also aims to honor and promote special effects culture so you can tour some of the collected and preserved materials for free Facility Information Sukagawa Archive Center / Sukagawa City Official Homepage a panel of Deputy Director Shinji Higuchi welcomes you photography is prohibited at facilities where this type of exhibition is held but in the case of the Sukagawa Archive Center photography with smartphones and mobile phones is OK in the area where you can visit it is NG to use shooting equipment such as cameras Welcome board displayed at the entrance counter It was written by hand on the opening day and will be displayed here in the future Admission is free. Two types of clear files are sold for 250 yen. The people concerned were writing on the wall more and more Materials related to special effects are lined up in the library Please note that you are not allowed to bring bags in this space so please put your luggage in the locker provided separately Airplane models are flying around the atrium on the first floor There is also a huge battleship Yamato and the wall of A giant warrior who can operate from behind There is a 'collection illustration' that shows what kind of items are lined up closely This shows the front installation of the storage The back shelf is also packed with so many items it is said that digital archiving by 3D scanning is being attempted because it is very difficult to store rubber-made products for a long period of time A chronological table summarizing past activities the archive center has been opened eight years later you can see the staff involved in special effects The main exhibition on the 2nd floor was a large miniature set You can see that the design is a miniature of the town with the sky picture drawn by the background artist In the place that was 'A position' in the design drawing by Mr a glass plate with the sky drawn is installed in front of the set like this you can take a picture of 'the town where a large monster appeared' the special effects short film 'Giant God Warriors Appearing in Tokyo' and its making video 'Until the Giant God Warriors Appear in Tokyo' exhibited at the 'Director Hideaki Anno Special Effects Museum' will be screened 'Molecules that can be the origin of life' are discovered in the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan I tried playing 'shapez.io' which makes a factory by running a belt conveyor on a web browser for free Nov 03, 2020 23:48:00 in Coverage,   Movie Hideaki Anno giving a greeting at the opening ceremony The name of the monster was decided to be 'Skaking' as a result of a naming recruitment for children / students attending schools in Sukagawa City the three highest awards were also commended The cloth is removed during the buzz. Shin Ultraman statue unveiled at the opening ceremony of 'Sukagawa Archive Center' --YouTube It was Shin Ultraman who appeared. Posing a Specium ray. The height is about 2m including the pedestal it was moved to the archive center and exhibited many people gathered to see the exhibition from the first day 'EpocCam' review that can turn iPhone into a PC webcam for free How to perform 'web scraping' to automatically acquire website information with JavaScript Nov 03, 2020 18:09:00 in Coverage,   Video