"Creating a House on the South Island: Architecture and Life of Southeast Asian Island Areas" Exhibition Kobe has started.
Southeast Asian islands refer to the world's largest island country area consisting of more than 20,000 large and small islands consisting of Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, Brunei and Timor-Leste.
This exhibition focuses on living with wooden architectures and nature in these areas.
The history of wooden architecture in Southeast Asia introduces the whole picture of custom-built houses. By combining the drawings of 3DCAD, you can also see what kind of structure the bold roof looks like.
Among them, I would like to introduce some of the best customary houses in Nanias. You can see it together with a structural model and a panorama video that has entered the interior. The explanation on a small monitor still introduces images of young people who carry megaliths with human power, delight and show high jumps. As you watch these images, you will be able to enjoy a simulated experience as if you were visiting a village.
Let's take a step here and think about the meaning of "home". Now living is only considered to be my own. A house for worshiping and protecting ancestral gods, what kind of form was inevitably born in social norms? Let's think about it while following a number of spatial structures. The attached video "Unraveling the Secrets of House Structure" introduces the theory of supervisor Koji Sato.
A part of the customary house is reproduced at the back of the venue. The power that is misunderstood as relocated may be because the natural materials themselves are processed by hand. This house is modeled on the housing of Unga Village, the core village of Sunba Island, one of the small Sunda archipelagos in eastern Indonesia. Even in Indonesia, the climate is completely different in the eastern region. Unga Village is the eastern part of the island, but Sunba Island has a different climate even in east and west. Rice cultivation in the rainy western part and livestock such as horses and buffaloes support the local industry in the eastern part of the dry land.
In the reproduced house, the pointed roof part, under the floor of the stilt, and the surrounding shed are omitted. Above all, the point is that you can enter the room! Please experience the bamboo floor and the floor of miscellaneous trees. You will be able to enjoy some comfort even though it is unstable.
Immediately after entering, it is a women's space. The original entrance will be either left or right. Near the place where the water jars are placed is the place to cook. There is no electricity, gas, or water in this village. Every day, women spend more than an hour to draw water and store it in this jar.
It is a space that mediates the attic horse Deta (upper house) where Malap lives and the stilt cachal where humans live. The attic is home to the ancestral sacred treasure, such as gold and silver ornaments, metal pieces and ceramics. Twice a year, with the prayer for good harvest and thanks for the harvest, the sacrifice for malap is made. At this time sacred treasure was lowered from the upper house to the upper Corn, and the ritual was executed in a large cachal.
You can see panoramic photos of the actual modeled building at four locations in the venue. If you look at the model through a tablet, you will see real photos and models at the same time, and you will have a mysterious virtual experience with the real and imaginary images turned upside down.
Let's take a look at the floor after looking around. The floor is quite unstable, but in fact there are more gaps in the real thing. It is dangerous to reproduce accurately, so we make it safely within a range that is not a lie.
The four main pillars have their respective roles and names.
The two pillars facing the women's space right after entering are women's pillars. The two men's space are the pillars of men, but the pillar in the foreground is called the pillar of fortune-telling as the pillar of fortune-telling, and the rituals against malap are made toward this pillar. When building, this pillar is the first one that is built.
The shape of a mumuri is carved on the top of the man's pillar.
The bench is left between the pillars of the man. The elder sits beside the horoscope and listens to Malap's voice.
When you pass through the Longthal palm, you will find the "rich nature" corner.
In this exhibition, we will show you how to obtain materials and how they are processed, focusing on building materials in Sunba Island and Bali Island, Indonesia.
The space, divided into six bazaars, consists of roofing materials, foundations, wall finishing, various hands-on models and videos.
Hands-on where you can experience the roofing of Takegawara. At first glance, it looks easy, but in fact most people are not. The roof just above is an example. Let's take a look at it. The hint is why the bamboo piers are two at a time.
It's a hand-on with a wooden roof made of iron wood. Iron wood is a super hard wood known as urin in Japan. It is known as a highly durable material even without paint, but it is said that it is difficult to process because it is hard. However, in Indonesia, it is used by a very rational means.
In the "Living with Nature" section, from the book written by Bali architect Gude Krishna and his wife and Bali cuisine researcher Ayu Gaya Tri Krishna, along with daily necessities that have actually supported the traditional life of Bali. Now that industrialization has progressed, I think there are many places where Japanese people can sympathize with the way to live with nature.
This Japanese version of Gude's book "Revolution from the Kitchen" has been published. It's a very wonderful content, so please take a look. It is sold at the museum shop for 1,000 yen per book.
It focuses on the royal palace and mosque of Jogjakarta, which has a very different appearance from the custom houses introduced so far, and introduces its construction methods and carpentry tools. First of all, it is based on a survey at a valuable repair work site that is not disclosed.
Advanced woodworking techniques such as fan rafters have been developed, and it will be a little specialized story, so we provided an opportunity to give a lecture to Professor Hideo Izumida, an architectural historian who asked for a survey. Techniques and Heart Seminar "How to Build the King's House: Carpenter Technology of Java" will be held on November 17th. Please join us.
There are many cases in which houses on Java are influenced by the construction of Jogjakarta. We have prepared an object movie to make it easier to understand the spatial configuration. By operating by yourself, you can change the viewing angle and size, remove the roof, remove the wall, and turn it into a skeleton.
In general, carpentry tools in Southeast Asia consist of about 20 tools, mainly Chinese tools, but it can be said that there are many types of court carpenters in Asia and many.
Even within the same Indonesia, Bali also has different tools and techniques. The most representative tool, the mountain sword, a video recording the process, a chisel, and a pillar model that shows the manufacturing process are also on display.
I think the difference between the blacksmithing work between Bali and Sunba is particularly interesting.
Lastly, I would like to introduce the carpenter tools and blacksmith tools on the island of Sunba.
The tools made using the limited iron materials around us effectively are so shocking for us who have become accustomed to the products made in an environment. I want to reconsider what is required of tools.
In this way, it may look like an exhibition that is unique to the world of artisans introduced in the museum. However, in order to see the world through woodwork, it is essential to understand various values. And you will be able to see Japan again. We look forward to your visit.
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