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Soft Architecture (柔らかい建築)

  Soft Architecture, 2006                      By Tadami Yamada 山田維史   「柔らかい建築」 2006年      When you think about it, strangely enough, human dwellings are not designed to gently embrace the soft body, but rather to be based on a completely opposite concept. They are hard and linear. To soften the rigidity, a buffer material must be placed between the body and the architecture. This is something like a futon, a mat, straw, or fur. This does not exist for other living things other than humans. The homes (nests) of other living things have a consistent design depending on the species, and Mr. A's house and Ms. B's house are almost the same, and are curved. It is safe to say that linear nests are rare.      Salvador Dali seems to have had a desire to return to the womb. He once crawled naked into a large plastic egg and took photos. There is no doubt that the womb is the most comfortable place...

About the Japanese Meaning of the Double Helix (二重螺旋の日本的意味について)

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 About the Japanese Meaning of the Double Helix , 2006                By Tadami Yamada 山田維史  「二重螺旋の日本的意味について」2006年      One of the ancient buildings that I have had a deep interest with is Entsu Sanso-do, which remains in Aizu-Wakamatsu City. It is located about 3.5 km from Aizu-Wakamatsu Station, at the foot of Mt. Iimori, known as the place where the Byakkotai boys committed suicide during Boshin-Aidu-War (1868). It is a hexagonal three-story building built in the grounds of Munekata Shrine, with a diameter of over 6.3 meters at the bottom and a height of about 16 meters. There is a rotating elevator inside, with different slopes for ascending and descending, intertwined like the double helix of genetic DNA. It is commonly called the "Sazae Hall" (Turban shell Hall) because it resembles the inside of a conch shell.      It was built in 1796 by a monk named Ikudo of Jisso-ji Temple. Incidentally, this Jisso...