AF FIXES explores the notion of adaptability through the practical ways we tweak our surrounding environment. These often frugal, yet clever acts provide a platform to examine how our buildings, streets and neighbourhoods evolve over time in relationship to our dynamic human needs. What lessons can be drawn from these quotidian adaptations – what material patterns, functional classifications and connection types arise?

• Roof Tile Planter

  Roof tile repurposed for apartment complex planter. I wonder if the tiles were saved from the houses that were …

• Commuter Relief

  Tracks through the shrubbery that borders a newly constructed bus/taxi rotary in front of a suburban Tokyo train station …

• Astroturf Garden

  Astroturf wired to trellis forms the start of a simple and functional green wall. The mix of fake grass, …

• Cactus Companion in Plastic Grills

  A gigantic cactus in suburban Tokyo is supported-as-it-grows by block-by-block additions of plastic grills that are supported by metal …