Day 2026: For the birds & birders ...

journal sketch 16: ink, acrylic

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I have friends Judy & Dan, who are birders ...

photos by Masaya Yoshimura and Daici Ano

so I naturally thought of them & hope they see this.

photos by Masaya Yoshimura and Daici Ano

photos by Masaya Yoshimura and Daici Ano

Design firm Nendo has created a massive tree house 
dubbed “bird apartment,” in which visitors to the natural sanctuary 

can climb in and observe 78 mini-birdhouses through peep-holes. 
From the front, the structure resembles an urban apartment complex, 
except it’s entirely out of place perched high in a tree. 

photos by Masaya Yoshimura and Daici Ano

A slightly precarious-looking ladder 

connects the back of it to the ground, 

photos by Masaya Yoshimura and Daici Ano

allowing one visitor at a time to climb up 

photos by Masaya Yoshimura and Daici Ano

  

and observe each apartment unit through tiny holes.

photos by Masaya Yoshimura and Daici Ano

photos by Masaya Yoshimura and Daici Ano

The Bird Apartment is located in the  

Ando Momofuku Center, 
Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

A nature conservatory named after Momofuku Ando, 
Mr. Cup Noodle, founder of Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd.
 

The center certainly is known for for it's design 

as its main facility is a stunning structure ...

and for my architect friend Carrol, it was

designed by Kengo Kuma.

* more birds tomorrow by Ryo Takemasa.

And, in keeping with the bird theme ...

Pixar's award winning 3 minute video, For the Birds ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkFuvTHaMUE

guaranteed to bring a smile!

A smile for Sunday ...