November 6, 2019
'A Daily Dose of Architecture Books' reviews the book 'Un-Conscious-City'
‘Un-Conscious-City (Actar, 2019) is structured as a conversation between the "Prompter" and "The Architect" ...broadly about cities and the informality of their evolution... the book’s content and format are fairly unconventional. First, all the pages are lightweight, single-sided, and folded… which helps the book lay flat and gives it a unique feel, due to the folds at the fore edge… punctuated by excerpts from books and articles... Lastly, between the interview's seven sections are photographs taken by Arets on numerous trips to Japan this decade. They show people working, eating, and moving about the city, as well as construction sites and other vignettes that are focused on the unconscious.’