小澤征爾に憧れた人は数多いだろう。僕も小澤のようにスクーターに乗ってヨーロッパに行き指揮者になろうと思った。小澤のようにラグビー（僕はサッカー）やって泥だらけになってレッスン（小澤はチェロ僕はヴァイオリン）行ってもいいんだと安心した。結局音楽の道に進ま（め）なかった。建築に出会えたのは幸運だった。There are probably many people who admire Seiji Ozawa. I also wanted to ride a scooter and go to Europe to become a conductor like Ozawa. I was relieved that I could play rugby like Ozawa (I play soccer), get covered in mud, and go to lessons (Ozawa plays cello and I play violin). In the end, I didn’t pursue a career in music. I was lucky to encounter architecture.

壊れたお皿たちの金継ぎをお願いしたのは5年くらい前。忘れ去られてもう直らないと思っていたが、仕事は進んでいた。感激。It was about 5 years ago that I asked for kintsugi for broken plates. I thought they would be forgotten and never recover, but the work was progressing. Deep emotion.

窓があるから世界がある　窓論的転回

朝若い建築学徒来宅、進路相談。拙著差し上げる。昼抜きでオープンハウス。午後事務所でクライアント打ち合わせ。概算に対するVE方針だいたい決まる。A young architecture student came to my house in the morning to discuss his career path. I gave him my book. Open house at noon. Client meeting at the office in the afternoon. Based on the rough estimate, the VE policy has been determined.

卒計OB会賞の審査終わる。残るは修論発表会と東工大、千葉工大の卒計、マドリドのワークショップ、最後は法政大江宏賞審査。Judging for the Graduation Alumni Association Award has ended. All that remains is master’s thesis presentation, jury of Tokyo Institute of Technology and Chiba Institute of Technology’s graduation projects a workshop in Madrid, and finally the HoseiOoe Hiroshi Prize examination.