KENCHIKU ARCHITECTURE 2011 report by hiromi fujii

「KENCHIKU｜ARCHITECTURE」is a project that aims to make place for exchanging of ideas between Japanese and French Young architects, and expressing the solutions to the common issues. Thanks to

the supports from many people, we could hold in l ESA the 2-days talk session and roundtable by the 12 architects, paralleled with the exhibition introducing the architects.

We think it was signiﬁcant to have the opportunity for the emerging architects that are to shape the future architecture and city to discuss in the same table, going beyond the diﬀerences between the

cultural backgrounds of each countries and diﬀerences of each urban situation. Seeing each architecture from the diﬀerent points of view, what we have taken for granted and ignored turned to be the new

problem, which leads to the discovery of the things we must share. In these events, more dynamic frame-

DOCUMENT OF KENCHIKU | ARCHITECTURE 2011

work of discussion will be emerged than domestic discussion based on the intimate communication.

From now on, we plan to hold KENCHIKU ¦ ARCHITECTURE 2012 for an opportunity to continue the

discussion of the issues we could ﬁnd in this talksession and roundtable in 2011 and to express the response to them.

Theme HOW AND WHERE TO APPLY ARCHITECTURAL THINKING The domain of activities of today s architects are wider than before beyond just building . Therefore, in this event we focus on the architectural thinking of contemporary architects and other subjects. The problems such as: What is it? Where and How is it applied to? being revealed, to think about the contemporary architecture is the main theme of KENCHIKU ¦ ARCHITECTURE project. Through this project, we aim is to re-define the possibilities of different architecture in society, seeing the differences of architects attitudes and points of view, the variation of ways of work, the wide ranges of matieres, and each one s consciousness of the roles of architect and its change in the future.

Architects FROM JAPAN TNA ( Makoto Takei + Chie Nabeshima ) Yasutaka Yoshimura Ryuji Nakamura Jo Nagasaka Yuko Nagayama Hiroshi Nakamura

FROM FRENCH Atelier RAUM La Ville Rayée NP2F Thomas Raynaud / Building Building Xavier Wrona ( Est-ce ainsi ) GRAU

Opening Reception

Talk Session

10.19.2011 at l ESA

10.20 - 21.2011 at l ESA

In 19th October from 19:00we held the opening reception. Thanks to CHOYA, the pram wine was served to Japanese and French participants.

Session 1: TNA

This is the opportunity for the 12 participants to meet each other for the first time. And this is the first time for us to introduce this event to the press and the many audience.

Thomas Raynaud / Building Building

First Thomas Raynaud introduced his renovation project of old castle to art center. He pointed out the importance of the process to relate the architecture to the environment. He focus not only on what to build with simple program, but on the importance of atmosphere emerged on the precise relationship between architecture and the emvironments. On the other hand, Makoto Takei noted that he feeled the new possibilities of architecture in the relation in between nature and artificial, and explained the works of TNA in various situation with the keyword of condence . In building each architecture, TNA sum up the variouse relationship of the environments surrounding it, the inhabitants hehaviour inside it, and the elements of it, not just simplifing them. It results in the discovery of fuhensei beyond the ordinary. The common point between the two is to take happen the fuhensei beyond the ordinary, making architecture related to internal and external envirionment.

Exhibition

Session 2： Atelier RAUM

From 10.20.2011 to 11.10.2011 at l ESA

Yuko Nagayama

For the references to the talk sessions and the roundtable, we introduced the works of 12

architects with their models and interviews.

the scene of the exhibition

TNA condenced TOKYO architecture

In the exhibition, we exhibited

the models that showed the architectural thinkings of the 12 participant architects. This aimed to express as object the

Session 3： GRAU

each architet s approach to architecture. And

GRAU 50000 logements - 4 Hypothèses

this

exhibition,

In the presentation of Atelier RAUM who does experiment the way of participating to the world through architectural practice, not only the building they designed, but also the funiture making project using the wasted materials collaborating with an artist, and the street funiture presented to art project were introduced. Beyond the status of art work, they have imagined the actual situations that it intervaned to the urban fabric, and made their thinking deeper with the regulation found in the imagination. Such experimenative attitude was impressive. On the other hand, Yuko Nagayama, introducing her works, showed her attitude to evoke the wideness of spiritual space beyond the physical presence / absence. Not only $$ layer to the existing space, She $$ this to the city level and focus on the already realized multiplicity. This is the long distance discussion using skype, despite the difference of $$, between the two who try to evoke the new way of using space, the problem of making concept and of the contemporary generation were to be held.

Yasutaka Yoshimura

movie explaining exhibit: Thomas Raynaud

projected the interview movies

of 12 architects. One movie was about What the architectural thinking one,

and

is like to each

the

other

explanation of the exhibits.

was

the scene of the exhibition

Ryuji Nakamura scale

In the presentation of GRAU who is the urbanists conscious of giving city the same accuracy as they build architecture, they introduced the bigger scale project they worked on now from variouse scales of works such as an architecture to urban planning. Towards the problem of urban fragmentation they repeat experiencely the practical methodology, putting emphasizing on the not only existing environment and its quality but also its quantity. On the other hand Yasutaka Yoshimura introduced what kind of problems he see and how he shold approach to them in the Japanese situation on architecture and city. Low, Logistics, Standard, BOSAI preservation, etc. in variouse situation he present his solution itself intervening to the existing protocols and telling wider people. That is the feature of him as an architect. In the dialogue between the two focusing on the problem of quantity, Yosumura ask GRAU about the way of deciding the discision maker, which lead to the discussion of architectural process s openness.

In 2 days Talk Session, one French architect and one Japanese architect discussed about their each other s concerns and the difference in approach to them, introduced and presentating their own works. These 6 discussions were open to the audiences. As commentators, we invited Mr. Djamel Klouche, l'AUC and Mr. Jean Philippe Vassal, Lacaton and Vassal to make small lectures.

Round Table

Oct. 22th 2011, at l ESA In the final day, Oct. 22th, Round Table,

Session 4： La Ville Rayée

Ryuji Nakamura

12 participants together made discussion. This was held as closed event, unlike

the

days

Talk

Session.The discussion was made of 2 parts. In the presentation of La Ville Rayée, introducing their projects each with their 7 key words on such as materials, details, and architects role in society, they talk about what kind of propose architecture can do. Their feature lay on their attitude to evoke wider users imagination by using the variouse media. On the other hand, Ryuji Nakamura emphasis on the effect of a form and it affection to people. On the condition and point of view that change each project, he showed the variation with different examples and many photos. These two ones who regardless of architecture and art try to influence people s recognition and behaviour beyond the function required, talk about the relationship between own activity and art, and the moment of emerging the forms .

In the first part, the architects talked freely about the images used in the presentation of their works in the Talk

Session, and continued to make discussion.

In the last part, we exchanged our ideas

Session 5： Xavier Wrona ( Est-ce ainsi )

Jo Nagasaka

for not only making KENCHIKU ¦ ARCHI-

TECTURE project just as an opportunity for the architects from 2 countries to meet each other, but for activating each collaboration

and

leading

possible realization in 2012.

them

The presentation of Xavier Wrona, starting from noting his philosophy, raise the question to the existing notions on social restriction and the way of control. He think what the roles as architects can do to the society in the light of cultural anthropology, and from the intimate discussion with his clients present the propose that can change the status-quo. On the other hand, Jo Nagasaka, rather than emphising on the attitude as an architect, re-think the environment more practically and experimently in the light of agressive acts. This time the act of MABIKU () is focused, and he introduced his project along with it. They didn t take the roles of architect for granted and tried to re-consider it. In the dialogue between the two, starting from the impression of Nagasaka by Xavier such as soft , they check the differences of languages and the cultural background emerging it that each words have.

Session 6： NP2F

Hiroshi Nakamura

In the presentation of NP2F, the two projects were introduced; The school under-constructed in the CHIHOU of French, and housing under-constructed in the city are. They told the situation of the construction site, why that building come to exist in the situation, what and why that solution taken this time, etc. beyond that illustration his attitude that responded frexibily to the phisical environment and the needs of client emerged. On the other hand, Hiroshi Nakamura introduced the Japanese culture in general, especially the space of tea ceremony house. Based on the human behavior in the house he told the own project. He focus on the close relation between architecture and humen, and between architecture and nature. They accept the reguation and turn them to the strength of architecture. And they discuss about the solution they took.

DVD＆CATALOG The interview movies to the 12 participant architects which was projected in the exhibition.

DVD

120 min. Japanese and French subtitle

KENCHIKU｜ARCHITECTURE 2011 term

2011/ Oct.20th - Nov.10th

city

PARIS , France

venue

Ecole Spéciale d Architecture（l'ESA）

organizer

KENCHIKU｜ARCHITECTURE committee / RAD

co-organizer

Ecole Spéciale d Architecture（l'ESA）

grants

Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation Asahi Beer Art Foundation The Asahi Shimbun foundation Nomura Foundation

supporters

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