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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://jeffburg.social/users/jeff/statuses/115924685409904461">Jeffrey Bergier (jeff@jeffburg.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jan-2026 09:55:31 JST</a><a href="https://jeffburg.social/@jeff" title="jeff@jeffburg.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/356092-48-20250911130855.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Jeffrey Bergier" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Jeffrey Bergier</a><div><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs">@thomasfuchs</a> the real thing that will break your brain is that different cultures place different values on the permanence of a house. </p><p><a href="https://www.materialtimes.com/articles/japanese-disposable-houses-a-note-on-the-temporality-of-architecture-and-the-materiality-of-the-housing-crisis" rel="nofollow">https://www.materialtimes.com/articles/japanese-disposable-houses-a-note-on-the-temporality-of-architecture-and-the-materiality-of-the-housing-crisis</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6074376#notice-11962691">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-01-20T09:55:31+09:00" title="Tuesday, 20-Jan-2026 09:55:31 JST">about a day ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://jeffburg.social/@jeff/115924685409904461" rel="external" title="Sent from jeffburg.social via ActivityPub">jeffburg.social</a></span></span><a href="https://jeffburg.social/@jeff/115924685409904461">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cdn.prod.website-files.com</div><h5><a href="https://www.materialtimes.com/articles/japanese-disposable-houses-a-note-on-the-temporality-of-architecture-and-the-materiality-of-the-housing-crisis">Japanese Disposable Houses: A Note on the Temporality of Architecture and the Materiality of the Housing Crisis | Material Times</a></h5><div></div></header><div>After spending nearly a year in Japan as an architect, I am gradually beginning to grasp how profoundly cultural frameworks shape our notions of housing, materials, and durability. In this text, I focus on the Japanese phenomenon of so-called disposable houses—a practice that arises not only from economics and legislation, but also from a long-cultivated relationship with impermanence and reverence for nature. I examine how Japanese philosophy and landscape inform approaches to materiality, ownership, and construction. What would happen to architectural practice if we did not build with the intention of lasting forever? And what does architecture look like when it embraces change?</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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@thomasfuchs the real thing that will break your brain is that different cultures place different values on the permanence of a house.
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  After spending nearly a year in Japan as an architect, I am gradually beginning to grasp how profoundly cultural frameworks shape our notions of housing, materials, and durability. In this text, I focus on the Japanese phenomenon of so-called disposable houses—a practice that arises not only from economics and legislation, but also from a long-cultivated relationship with impermanence and reverence for nature. I examine how Japanese philosophy and landscape inform approaches to materiality, ownership, and construction. What would happen to architectural practice if we did not build with the intention of lasting forever? And what does architecture look like when it embraces change?

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