Currently, projects and to build a new building of the University of Tokyo library, such as the design of Nagasaki Huis Ten Bosch "smart house", Yoshiyuki Kawazoe of Tokyo large Graduate School Associate Professor, which is attracting attention as a young architect. In addition to working as an architect, he served as the representative secretary of the event, "shibuya1000" originating the Shibuya of charm, are working on actively "urban development" through interaction with many of the people involved in the Shibuya. In this key-person interviews, themes and events "shibuya1000" to refrain from held in March this year, the characteristics of the city and the charm of the Shibuya of the city from the architect's point of view we had heartily said. Well, the "Shibuya love" that's Kawazoe think -.

Ganguro is horribly ..., was carrying a complex in Shibuya.

First _, please tell us the encounter of Kawazoe's and Shibuya.

It is the time of college enrollment. I was born in Kawasaki, middle school and high school in Yokohama. Basically, Kanagawa of male high school students, because we embrace the complex to Tokyo, honestly, did not go to Shibuya afraid (laughs). I went to boys' school, because every day there is no contact with the girls, horribly Nante Ganguro that began to appear in Shibuya at that time .... Enrolled in the university, but now to the use of Shibuya Station every day transfer, does not mean that can immediately Shibuya and reconciliation. Well remember of that is, immediately after admission, gathered male students of the language class when it becomes a story of "Let 's drink in out", someone with "try to talk of Mach until the morning (physicist)" He said beginning to .... I think that this is not follow, I Inokoshi as "speaking there was a errand", hurriedly To Shibuya of the city. All can not be friends for two years to attend Komaba campus in such a feeling, is past the Shibuya after class, was the day-to-day for a part-time job at Doutor Coffee local Kawasaki (laughs). As it were, was the city of Shibuya that was to form the complex of Tokyo in me. I feel that the man who was in an enclosed environment, there was a Shibuya at the moment that came out for the first time society. Since truly it is now an adult, Shibuya and are fully reconciled.

_ Now, the will would if you worked on any project in the laboratory.

We have done a lot, but it is one of the project to build a new building of the library of the University of Tokyo. Tokyo University library burned down in the Great Kanto Earthquake, has a history that has been rebuilt by the donation of the Rockefeller, but decided to build a new library in this time the first time in 90 years. What I have envisioned is a book with no library. In the past rather than proud of the books the amount as described above, is that should be a space for discussion between students is earnestly, my thoughts. In order to facilitate the discussion, quiet just not, not too noisy, comfortable wrapped in good buzz space, such as a coffee shop is ideal. Ingenuity on the ceiling of the design, Sprinkle a little sound like a concert hall, I think you Umidaso the space, such as a whole in the pleasant reverberation to absorb sound in the back is wrapped. Aiming for the completion of about two years later, we are progressing current work. Then, in recent years, she was involved also the design of the smart hotel project "strange hotel" in Nagasaki Huis Ten Bosch. Incorporating traditional Japanese architectural thought addition to design the angle and wind escapes gap of roof, radiation (radiation) panel was adopted, it was to be without the use of heating and cooling spend comfortable. We look forward to open this year in July.

_ Kawazoe san, but to travel the various places I've heard that it is a hobby ....

At the same time there is in the job is to go to see the architecture of the world, it is a pleasure. Cities and architecture, because I do not know just by looking at the photos. But is metaphorical, space is have a system such as the one language. The essential meaning to learn a foreign language than skill thing, there to learn the thought forms of the language. For example, Japanese is Toka do not know the conclusion until the end of the sentence, Toka there is a lot of words to express the rain, English Toka first to bring a conclusion, the system of the language, people of thought forms to speak the word It will appear. There are some similarities to cities and architecture, there is a wide variety of history until there is space born, it has been hidden system of thinking. For example, there is a feature in the shape of the roof is a lot of snow cover area, or different wipe how the tiles depending on the intensity and direction of the wind, as a result of targeted wisdom whether live how comfortable in that region, form as a city and building It has become. I do not quit journey is fun to discover it. Sense is polished in each succeeding discovery, it deepens the understanding of space. Also great wisdom, even if not by the famous architect, when the man tries desperately to live in a harsh environment, is what is often inevitably born. While the journey, "When that taking advantage of modern materials and construction methods wisdom, but what?" Is a very fun thing to expand the idea and.

Kawazoe's book "follow the intention was filling in art education series 19 space" (Gentosha). Kawazoe's architectural and settlements has traveled so far, to introduce the landscape as a case of 30, a book to decipher the essence which is in the background.

Height difference of Shibuya, arouse a variety of behavior of people.

_ If such a point of view decipher the Shibuya of the city from, what will happen?

Shibuya, but it is where the interesting little many people has changed (laughs). It is probably because people of different attributes gather. Such events and or not than can be explained by the concept of "affordance (affordance)", I have noticed recently. The affordance, is a concept that was proposed by the people of the United States of cognitive psychology of James Gibson in the 1960s. afford in the sense such as "there is a margin," "arouse", his is a coined word affordance is the meaning, such as "state that might arouse something." Shibuya is said affordances that there is a high town in two aspects. One of the space side affordances. Shibuya of terrain has a height difference, is characterized by a lot of the space is small. As a result, in many cases there is a second stages of the step at the entrance to the shops as a response to the difference in height, also a small building has become a form to be set. These characteristics, has brought another, the height of the affordances of the side of the behavior of the people. For example, if there is a scene that sit a little step so that it becomes easy to sit next person, the behavior will continue to chain. In the Ginza and Marunouchi, but it does not see people sitting on the roadside. In recent years, Omotesando Shibuya feel that Do began facing in a direction different from the is that the frontage is increasingly wide large building to the terrain. Height difference is treated with stairs in the building, as urban space, uneven error is difficult birth or rather, such as Shibuya, making it difficult to see diversity. Subtle errors such small produces is, in contrast to the size of the logic, but it is not quite efficient for business-related. That's why, gathered many people, I think you're born an atmosphere free to spend. And comfortably I kind of town, I like.

_ From such factors, it is not Shibuya likeness has been created.

I will have such a feeling. But now Shibuya and mingle deeply through the event called "shibuya1000", and go to say hello to a variety of shopping district and union in the event preparation, it color is different each. What if there's must rotate one by one every time is, but before the modern Do not troublesome at first I thought, I think now and has led to the good definitely me it. To return to the earlier of the story, but when the lot is a city with a small number of entities are formed to be larger but efficient is, identity will depend largely on that principal. In that respect, because Shibuya there has been a small entity with a different idea, identity as a town even changed some of which is maintained easily. Which it can be made to strengthen the image of a city, and consider whether it is sustainable, but it is the latter definitely. Also of the Shibuya remain different atmosphere in every street, Will that it has caused. In the future, you will how to plan to keep their properties can be said to challenge. Not easy, but because it always has been found that principle, I think that I can be sure.

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