友遠方より来たる。写真上:高校2組同級生。写真左下中学5組同級生。写真右下:坂牛夕食クッキング中。Friends come from far away. Above photo: High school class 2 classmates. Class 5 classmates at junior high school in the lower left photo. Bottom right of the photo: Sakaushi cooked dinner in progress.

初雪かな。朝はマイナス0.5度。Maybe the first snow. Minus 0.5 degrees in the morning.

小一時間練習してみる。いい音でないなあ。明日もやろう。ヴァイオリンは本体と同じくらい弓が大事。値段も僕のは本体並みの価格。Try practicing for an hour. It doesn’t sound good. Let’s do it tomorrow too. The bow of a violin is just as important as the body itself. The price of bow is also the same as that of the body.

原稿を書いていて建築や建築家のことを調べると引用元が拙著になっていることがよくある。
When I write a manuscript and look up architecture and architects, I often find that the source of the quotation is my work.

先日研究室でビール飲んでたら「先生毎日飲んでるんですか」と聞かれた。毎日飲みたいが飲んでない。我が家の燃えないゴミのゴミ箱はいつも空。これからはもっと高いワイン買おう。
The other day when I was drinking beer in the lab, someone asked me, “Do you drink every day, Professor?” I want to drink every day, but I don’t. Our non-burnable garbage bin is always empty. I’ll buy more expensive wine from now on.

Fujimiの秋はもう終わりAutumn in Fujimi is about to be over

権藤さんや加藤さん長谷川さんと近代建築史の話をすると彼らの知識の源は鈴木、難波、内田の三先生であると分かる。もちろん他にもいらっしゃるのだろうが度々鈴木先生はこう言った。という風に口をつく。僕ももちろん東工大スクールの影響が大きいのは言うまでもない。知識は再生産される。ここに早稲田の人がいたらまた違うトピックと議論が生まれるのだろう。ウィグリーが『白い壁』で言うように歴史は一つの偶然とパワーバランスで生まれると言うのは頷ける。When I talk about the history of modern architecture with Mr. Gondo, Mr. Kato, and Ms. Hasegawa, I realize that the source of their knowledge is professor Suzuki, Namba, and Uchida. Of course, there are probably others as well, but Dr. Suzuki has often said this. That’s what they said. It goes without saying that Tokyo Tech School has had a big influence on me as well. Knowledge is reproduced. If there were people from Waseda here, I’m sure a different topic and discussion would emerge. It makes sense that, as Wigley says in “White Walls,” history is born out of coincidences and balances of power.