地方都市のプロポで勝ち実施設計まで終えたプロジェクトが無くなろうとしている。理由は定かでは無いが、イニシアティブをとっていた人が引退したのが大きいのかもしれない。
この件に限らないが、役所は役所だなと思うことに相次いで遭遇する。友人の娘さんはとある省を早々に離職した。若い人は役所を変えたいのだが上層部はまったく変わらない。改革に燃える若手は離職して変える気もない人間だけが残り役所はいつまでも役所なのだ。公共性がどうのこうの建築家が議論したところで本丸が変わらなければ何も変わるまい。日本の役所には期待しない。Projects that we had won proposals from local cities and had completed the implementation design are on the verge of disappearing. The reason is not clear, but it may be because the person who took the initiative has retired.
This is not the only case, but I keep encountering things that make me think that government offices are just government offices. My friend’s daughter left the Ministry of Finance early. Young people want to change the government, but the upper echelons, which are full of collusion, do not change at all. And the young people who are passionate about reform will leave their jobs, and only those who have no intention of changing will remain, and the government office will always be a government office. Even if architects who care about the public nature of things argue, nothing will change if the main castle doesn’t change. I have no expectations for the rotten Japanese government.

土佐の柑橘をいただきました。赤ちゃんの顔くらいあります。
I received Tosa citrus fruits. It has the size of a baby’s face.、

コロナ来襲か？

50年以上前に出版されたこの本には篠原初期のメインテーマである抽象性に加えて、感情や情動についての言及も多いのを再確認。それは質料性や物のの大きさで表出している。
This book was published over 50 years ago. In addition to abstraction, the central theme of Shinohara’s early years, I am reminded that there are many references to emotions and emotions. He manifested in the quality of the material and the size of things.

バスの中から理顕さんの設計した名古屋造形大学を見た。一辺100メートル以上ある正方形の大きさにびっくり。I saw Nagoya Zokei University, which was designed by Yamamoto Riken, from the bus. I was surprised by the size of the square, which measures over 100 meters on each side.

東海住宅建築賞の現地審査を原田さん手嶋さんと二日かけて行い公開で議論して大賞一つと優秀賞二つを決めました。とても難しい審査でした。論点は美学か作り方かとなりました。私は美学に一票投じました。建築のemotionが最終的にはこれからの建築を支えるのだと思います。17坪の小さな独身女性の家がグラプリとなりました。素敵な家だったと思います。設計者がこれから素晴らしい建築家になることを祈っております。おめでとうございます。Mr. Harada and Mr. Teshima and I conducted an on-site examination for the Tokai Residential Architecture Award over two days. After a public discussion, we decided on one Grand Prize and two Excellence Awards. It was a complicated judging process; the main issue was aesthetics and how it was made. But I voted for aesthetics. Mr. Harada and Mr. Teshima agreed that the emotion of architecture would ultimately support future architecture, and a small single woman’s house of 17 tsubos won the grand prize. It was a wonderful house. The designer will become an outstanding architect in the future. Congratulations.

今日は東海住宅建築賞の現地審査で浜松、名古屋に行く。公開書類審査て選んだ作品の実物に会えるのはスリリングだ。Today I’m going to Hamamatsu and Nagoya for the on-site judging of the Tokai Housing Architecture Award. It’s thrilling to be able to see the actual works selected after reviewing public documents.