The book is structured into chapters named after the various emotions Blanciak perceives in these urban structures: Awe Wrath Pain Angst Hunger Key Themes and Insights
: Instead of using traditional metrics like size or material, the author classifies buildings based on their observable expressions . Tokyoids - Francois Blanciakepub
is a book by architect François Blanciak that explores the unintentional "robotic" expressions found in Tokyo's everyday buildings. Part photographic survey and part theoretical inquiry, the work argues that architectural "faces"—windows that look like eyes or doors like mouths—existed long before modern robotics and have deeply influenced architectural history. The book is structured into chapters named after