政治的特性

昨日の博士ゼミで建築の成立因は何か？と言う議論になり、大きくは物的特性と社会的特性があり社会的特性は経済的、法的、政治的特性などに分かれるのだろうと言うことになった。エイドリアン・フォーティーもコンクリートの本の第5章を「政治」に費やしている。先日熊本アートポリスで公衆トイレのコンペがあった。元スタッフの佐河君はCLTを組み上げた閉じた案で佳作になったが開放的な優雅な案に負けた。今時、閉鎖的な空間はポリティカルコレクトネスを得られないのだなあと結果を見ながら思った。やっぱり建築は大いに政治なのである。

What was the founding cause of architecture in yesterday’s doctoral seminar? We assumed that there are two main types of physical and social properties and that we can divide social features into economic, legal, and political items. Adrian Forty also devotes chapter 5 of his book on concrete to politics. The other day there was a competition for a public restroom in Kumamoto Art Police. Mr. Sagawa, a former staff member of OFDA, won an honorable mention for his closed design with CLT, but an open and elegant design defeated him. As I looked at the result, I realized that it is difficult to achieve political correctness in a closed space nowadays. Architecture, after all, is very much a political issue.