最近中国共産党建築の成立過程を分析した本を読んでいる。建築が政治に使われるあり様に興味がある。一方長谷川香さんの天皇制と儀礼空間を読むと上屋はテンポラリー、むしろ場所の象徴性を感じ取る日本人が描かれる。日本は中国から建築を輸入したがその後だいぶ違う道を歩んできた。空気を読む国民性のDNAはこうした制度によって醸造されてきたのかもしれない。Recently, I have been reading a book that analyzes the formation process of the Chinese Communist Party architecture. I am interested in how architecture is used in politics. When reading Kaoru Hasegawa’s emperor system and ceremonial spaces, the sheds are temporary, and Japanese people who feel the symbolism of the place are drawn. The national DNA of reading the atmosphere may have been brewed by such a system.

能作さんの新作を拝見した。新宿に程近い私鉄駅から住宅街に繋がる小道に建つ商業建築。素敵な店が並んでいる。この建物にもそんな街を彩るお店が入るらしい。地盤が悪く鋼管杭を伸ばし基礎無しで土台を支えている。樋はなく雨水は埋め込まれた竹筒を介して地下に流れる。私の近所には土の私道がありホッとする。都会の土は貴重だ。

I saw Nousaku’s new work. A commercial building standing on a path that leads from a private railway station near Shinjuku to a residential area. There are nice shops. It seems that this building will also have a shop that colors such a town. The ground is bad and steel pipe piles are stretched to support the foundation without a concrete foundation. There are no gutters, and rainwater flows underground through embedded bamboo pipes. There is a dirt driveway in my neighborhood, which is a relief. City soil is precious.

3月のチェコワークショップでは理科大生18人、リベレツ工科大生18人を2人ずつ4人1チームにしてコンペ敷地を使ってオルタナティブ提案をする。理科大生はリベレツ工科大のドーミトリーに泊まる。製図室は24時間オープン。敷地は市内の中央に近いエリア。資料が届く。At the Czech workshop in March, 18 TUS students and 18 Liberec University of Technology students will be divided into teams of four, each consisting of two students, for a competition. TUS students stay in the dormitory of Liberec University of Technology. The drafting room is open 24 hours. Area that competition site is near the center in the city. Materials have arrived.