{"id":4466,"date":"2009-05-07T04:27:29","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T08:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/?p=4466"},"modified":"2009-05-07T04:27:29","modified_gmt":"2009-05-07T08:27:29","slug":"ore-kusa-house-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2009\/05\/ore-kusa-house-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"ORE-KUSA HOUSE, 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4467\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2009\/05\/ore-kusa-house-2005\/orekusa1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/orekusa1.jpg?fit=500%2C341&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,341\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ORE-KUSA HOUSE\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/orekusa1.jpg?fit=500%2C341&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/orekusa1.jpg?resize=500%2C341\" alt=\"\" title=\"ORE-KUSA HOUSE\" width=\"500\" height=\"341\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/orekusa1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/orekusa1.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ore-kusa means &#8220;bending grass&#8221; in Japanese. According to architect <b>Atsushi Yagi<\/b><!--more-->, a picture of &#8216;walls of tall grass bending towards each other&#8217; was the initial inspiration for the design. Yagi also refers to the shape of crystals in his statement. Whatever the architect tried to convey in this design, I just like the way it looks.<\/p>\n<p><sup id=\"specs\">Who:<\/sup> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.a-yagi-a.com\/\">Atsushi Yagi Architects &#038; Associates<\/a> &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">What:<\/sup> Single family residence &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">Where:<\/sup> Kohoku-ku, Yokohama &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">When:<\/sup> 2005 (completion) &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">Photographer:<\/sup> Koichi Torimura<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4468\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2009\/05\/ore-kusa-house-2005\/orekusa2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/orekusa2.jpg?fit=500%2C359&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,359\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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