Date and time Sunday, June 12 13:30 to 16:00

Venue Yayoi Auditorium, University of Tokyo

Instructor Mr. Shoya Uchida (Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo) and Mr. Terunobu Fujimori (Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo)

As a commemorative event for the exhibition "The History of Modern Architecture in Materials" being held at the National Museum of Modern Architecture in Yushima, Tokyo, we held a lecture "History of Modern Architecture in Manufacturing" on June 12 (Sun). Was. Instructor is Shoya Uchida and Terunobu Fujimori. As with the lecture on the same topic held in Kobe in November last year, the two sides talked about techniques and craftsmen in modern architecture from their respective perspectives.

First, Mr. Fujimori's lecture. With the aim of taking up steel and reinforced concrete, the sprouting of pioneering technology is born in a place where amateurs do it in a tear, a water tower made by the inventor of reinforced concrete, Monier, and concrete to the window pier. Interesting examples such as buildings were introduced.

This is an introduction to the reinforcements made after the earthquake from the photos at the time of dismantling the Marunouchi Building. Although the Maru Building was built with the most advanced construction technology of the United States, it was severely damaged by the Great Kanto Earthquake due to insufficient measures against earthquakes. This is an example of how technology has been refined and developed through a series of trial and error.

Next, in Mr. Uchida's lecture, he talked about carpentry after the war.

The first thing that was built as a post-war reconstruction was wooden architecture, and the carpenters who made formwork on site even if they replaced reinforced concrete structures were active.On the other hand, a resolution was made to prohibit wooden construction at academic conferences for reasons such as urban fire countermeasures. The changes in the position of carpenters and wooden buildings after the war, such as the background of the decision, were introduced.

Let's take a break and move on to the conversation. Based on the story of a three-dimensional steel truss made by Mr. Uchida, I was able to hear valuable stories such as the fact that Buckminster Fuller came to meet at that time.

Although it was a different development from the Kobe venue, they explained the content that tends to be difficult in an easy-to-understand manner, and I think that everyone at the venue who was almost full enjoyed it.

In the exhibition "The History of Modern Architecture in Materials", in addition to the architectural techniques from the Meiji to the pre-Showa War era, which were also introduced at the Kobe and Nagoya venues, post-war architectural techniques such as the Osaka Expo Festival Plaza with a three-dimensional truss are also introduced. Please take a look at the process of trial and error until various new technologies are introduced, spread and established at the exhibition hall.

Reference: Click here for the report of the lecture in Kobe.