Bubble economy
Five or six years after I joined Nikken, my manager told me to organize a monthly study session and an architectural tour in turn. So, I invited a lecturer to give a lecture. Since it was the year of the completion of Ryoma Memorial Hall, we asked Ms. Takahashi. We asked Mr. Sei Takeyama, who built OXY in the previous year and asked Ms. Sejima, who built Saishunkan Hall in the last year. Because they are young and unknown among the old architects of Nikkenthere, about 2-30 people were listening to it. Because of the bubble economy, my boss and I took our guests to eat tempura at Tenko in Kagurazaka and drove them back by car. After that, the study meeting became the whole of Nikken, and Bernard Tschumi and Emilio Ambers came, and Mr. Hayashi did the last one.
日建に入社して5、6年たち、結崎部長から「毎月勉強会と建築見学会を交互にやってくれ」と言われた。そこで講演会を企画し、龍馬記念館が完成した年だったので、最初は高橋さんをお呼びした。次に、前年にOXYを建てた竹山聖さん、更に、前年に再春館ホールができた妹島さんという順でお願いした。彼らはその頃まだ若く日建のおじさん建築家の間では無名で、2~30人くらいしか聞いていなかった(今思えばもったい無い)。バブルのせいもあって、終わると神楽坂天幸で天ぷらを食べ、ハイヤーでお送りした。その後、勉強会は日建規模になり、ベルナール・チュミやエミリオ・アンバースが来てくれて、最後は林さんで終了した。
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