杭とトンガリ

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.