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Architecture
[Contents introduction]
This is a book that visits 44 new bookstores, second hand bookstores, private libraries, book cafes and mobile bookstores all over Japan and measures and illustrates the space. It focuses on the store owner's ingenuity concentrated in an alternative small base and creating a base utilizing vacant houses and buildings in rural areas and cities, and explores the comfort and scale of the space woven by books, people and towns.
[Author's brief history]
Doctor of Engineering. Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1982. Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University in 2005. Completed the master's course in 2007. Worked at Kume Sekkei Co., Ltd. and Mega Co., Ltd., engaged in design work and present position in 2016. Completed the doctoral course in 2019. Completed the Kyoto Institute of Technology Graduate School of Engineering. He is a "self-styled surveyor" who specializes in architectural design and urban research, as well as research on festival spaces in housing complexes in Japan and overseas.