Here's a photo of the Kobe venue in Current.
The venue is the 1st floor hall of the Carpenter Tools Museum. It consists of three chapters, each room is divided.
In this exhibition, valuable materials were exhibited from companies and universities, including five major construction companies. The first two points are "Foreign Exchange Bank Mitsui Gumi Pillars" (1874) and "Shimizu Manji Suke Honten Brick Foundation" (1903). We exhibited specially what is usually displayed at the head office of Shimizu Corporation.
Chapter 1, Civilization and enlightenment of Architecture, begins with the history of the Edo period. The sculpture on the right hand is from the 9th generation Toemon Takenaka. The ritual tools on the left hand are valuable from the Shogunate Daikan Ryokora family.
What is introduced in the section of "Challenge the Western style" is the pseudo-Western style building of Kisuke Shimizu. The photo is a model of architecture originally planned as the head office of Mitsui Gumi and later became the National Daiichi Bank (completed in 1872, model production in 1930). "Bank", which is a hot topic in the NHK morning TV novel "Asaga came", is exactly this building. The "Foreign Exchange Bank Mitsui Gumi" introduced at the beginning was subsequently constructed by Kisuke Shimizu.
The “Western-style Wooden Architecture Methods” section introduces Western-style wooden architecture techniques such as clapboards and Western-style huts introduced in Meiji period.
At the "Making bricks, stacking bricks" corner, along with Meiji period bricks, there is also a hands-on exhibition where you can actually see how bricks were stacked at that time.
Chapter 2, "The Fighting against Historicalism," introduces the process of Japanese learning full-fledged Western architecture techniques. The right side of the photo is the "Appearance of Japanese Architects" corner. Inside the case, there is a treasure book of Uheiji Nagano, which was called a master of classical architecture. The left is the "Modernization of Construction Industry" corner. Introducing the coloring drawings by the design department established in the construction company.
The "Evolving Brick Building" section introduces the development of brick buildings seen at "Tokyo Station" by British architect Condor, Mitsubishi Ichigokan, and his disciple Kingo Tatsuno.
Chapter 3, "Iron and Concrete," covers two materials that have changed modern architecture, iron and concrete.
This is a reinforcement model of a building called Cardiacin (currently the Imperial Palace Police Headquarters). When concrete technology began to be used, it would have been verified with such a model. I borrowed it from Kyoto University.
The "Concrete Changes Buildings" section introduces reinforcing bars called the Khan System, which were used for construction before the Great Kanto Earthquake. This was exhibited by Shimizu Construction Technology Research Institute.
This is the "Fresh of tiles and terracotta" corner. This section introduces tiles collected by Professor Goichi Takeda of Kyoto University and terracotta formwork borrowed from the Inax Live Museum.
The "Achieving Points of Historicalism" section introduces the design and construction techniques of the Meiji Seimeikan, which is said to be the highest peak of historicalism architecture. The blue-grilled drawing in the center is a square meter, a process chart, and a temporary design drawing. On the left hand, grills (face grids) and recorded images of construction are displayed.
A special video corner has been set up in the library on the B2F. On the TV on the right, you can see the construction record video of the masterpieces of the early Showa era "Osaka Gas Building" and "Meiji Seimeikan". On the left hand, entitled "Memory of this Land", introduces the records of the head office of Takenaka Corporation in this area.
The exhibition will travel to Nagoya and Tokyo after this. If you live near Kansai, it will be held until December 27, so don't miss it.
