CLT

「CLTは普及するだろうか？」昨日CLTを構法計画に位置づける青島啓太さんの博士論文の審査をしながら自問した。CLTは大型木質パネルで、PC板の木バージョンと言っていい。拙訳『メディアとしてのコンクリート』においてPC板は打放しに比べて熟練労働不用な合理性の産物であり、それ故に生まれた単純反復が嫌われたとある。日本でも合理的であるはずがコスト高でなかなか使われない。さてCLTはと言うと、PC板ほど規格性は強くないが。これも高い。しかし木には木の味がありまた環境性能が高い。だから政府も補助金出して応援している。コンクリートは政治とフォーティーが言うようにCLTの普及も政治に依拠する部分が大きいのだろう。しかしいいデザインを生み出すことはそれ以上に普及の原動力てある。

“Will CLT become popular?” Yesterday, I asked myself while reviewing the doctoral thesis that positions CLT in construction plans. It can be said that it is a wood version of PC. In my translation “Concrete as Media”, PC board is a product of rationality that requires less skilled labor than exposed concrete, and thus the simple repetition that was born was disliked. It should be reasonable in Japan, but it is difficult to use due to its high cost. By the way, CLT is not as standard as PC board. This is also expensive. However, wood has a taste of wood and has high environmental performance. Therefore, the government is giving subsidies to support them. As for concrete, politics may have a large part to rely on politics. It would be also the case with  the spread of CLT. However, creating good designs is the driving force behind its widespread use.