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Description

PACO is...
A box or cube with 3x3x3m, and open rooftop.
It has the minimum equipments to live in spite of its size.
It was produced as a conceptual model to imagine a new life style.

house + paco
factory + paco
sea + paco
mountain + paco

Depending on the combination, it describes a different life style towards its landscape.
PACO...
We want independence by a simple substance. We need the technical skill of free infrastructure. It’s possible in the technical field, but it’s not practical for the time being. Mainly, we present our vision as a Designer in order to cover a gap.

Biography

Jo Nagasaka was born in Osaka in 1971 and grew in Chiba.In 1998 he achieved his Bachelor in Architecture at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and established his own studio, Schemata Architecture Office Ltd. A few years later, in 2007 he moved the office to Kamimeguro, in Tokyo, and established a collaboration office and gallery called "happa".
He won the JCD Award in 2004 and the 2nd Prize for the Bauhaus Award 2008.