KOMIYAMA STUDIO 2021 “SCALE”
SCALE - NEW DIMENSIONS OF
TIMBER ARCHITECTURE
Wooden buildings are being re-evaluated both in Japan and abroad as society moves towards reducing its environmental impact. The rediscovery of wood as a renewable resource has been prompted by international efforts to promote sustainability. Large-scale wooden construction is one of the frontiers where various technological developments are being competed. However, the important question is not only “how” to achieve this technologically, but also “what” to achieve. For example, the W350 Project (Sumitomo Forestry), a wooden skyscraper, and the LOOP50 Project (Obayashi Corporation), a wooden cyclical city, propose the functions that architecture can perform precisely because of its scale, including its relationship with forests and society (for more information on the W350 Project and LOOP50 Project, please refer to the October 2018 issue of Shinkenchiku, Special Issue on Wood). We want to reconsider not only the physical scale of large, small, high and low, but also the scale of the framework within which architecture is perceived.
In this studio, we will take
1. Interactive learning through guest lectures on diverse perspectives on wood and architecture,
2. and At the same time, through reading and research, we will deepen our thinking about the size of architecture.
3. The final product of the studio will be a proposal for a new scale of wooden architecture and its appropriate form.
The final product of the studio will be submitted to the international competition "Build The (Im)impossible" (organized by Rothoblass).
https://buildtheimpossible.rothoblaas.com/en
小見山スタジオ2021 「SCALE」
地球環境負荷低減に向かう社会に呼応し、木造建築の再評価が国内外で進んでいる。サステイナビリティへの国際協調を契機に、再生可能資源である木材が「再発見」された格好だ。中でも大規模木造建築は、様々な技術開発が競われるフロンティアの一つである。しかし大切なのは、技術的にいかにそれを実現するのか（How）だけでなく、何を実現するのか（What）という問いだろう。例えば木造超高層建築W350計画（住友林業）や、木造循環都市LOOP50計画（大林組）は、その規模だからこそ建築が持てる働きを、森林や社会との関係を含めて提案している（W350計画、LOOP50計画については『新建築2018年10月号木造特集』を参照）。大小高低の物理的なスケールだけではなく、建築を捉える枠組みのスケールも再考したい。本スタジオでは、
①木と建築をめぐる多様な視点をゲストレクチャーで双方向的に学び、
②同時に読書会とリサーチを通して「建築の大きさ」に関する思索を深め、
③木造建築の新しいスケールと、それにふさわしい姿を提案する。
本スタジオの最終成果物は、大規模木造建築デザイン国際コンペ「Build The (Im)possible」（主催：ロトブラース）に応募する。
https://buildtheimpossible.rothoblaas.com/en
