“Desde los objetos - Domesticidad mínima japonesa entre 2001-2024”
Author: Isabel Ridruejo Tuñon
Publisher: Polytechnic School of Madrid
Photography: William Mulvihill
Even in contemporary minimalist dwellings in Tokyo, with a footprint of less than 40 m2, objects rooted in traditional Japanese culture emerge. Regardless of the space they occupy, these objects continue to evoke the atmospheres that characterize the essence of the traditional Oriental space.
The essence of Japanese space is not defined by its physical boundaries, which, moreover, tend to be diffuse and variable, but by the intangible limits of the atmospheres generated through the interaction between the inhabitant and their objects.
These atmospheres-evocative, meditative, attuned to seasonal changes, or rooted in rituals such as the tea ceremony-imbue the space with meaning and preserve a continuity with Japan's cultural traditions.
This work, therefore, presents itself as a catalog and analysis of the objects that configure contemporary minimalist Japanese dwellings. lt seeks to understand how these elements construct, sustain, and update the atmospheres inherent to Japanese culture within a reduced residential context.
The analysis of these objects propases a new model for understanding Oriental domesticity, revealing how certain elements are prioritized, adapted, and reinterpreted to meet the needs and values of their inhabitants.
