KIT × HSLU Joint studio

「Territory line」

Takahiro Ikenari

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プログラム : 遊歩道+観測所

 

敷地 : 滋賀県彦根市 曽根沼

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かつて周辺地域の生活圏として機能していた内湖が戦後の食糧難に伴い湖の半分が埋め立てられ農地へと変化していった。その都市計画的でランドスケールの強固な直線は古くからの集落同士による目に見えない境界が具現化されたものである。沼という多様な生物が生きる場、他方で人工的な造成の場、集落の境目という何層にも意味が重なったこの線に対して、堅牢な工作物を建設する。

大地から突き出た過剰にも見える工作物が建つことで、有機的に接続していた対象に明確な差が生まれ、個々が対峙する。

そのマッシブな場に大開口が現れる瞬間、沼と自己と水田が接続される。人工と自然に対し接続と切断を繰り返すことで見えない部分の想起を促し、向こうと自己の反復を生じさせ、強烈な境界性を与える。

遮断による特殊な環境を介し裏と表を行き来しながら互いがコミュニケーションを取るかのように振る舞える場をめざした。

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Program : Walkway + Observatory

 

Site : Sone Swamp, Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture

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The inner lake, which once functioned as a living area for the surrounding community, was transformed into farmland when half of the lake was reclaimed due to food shortages in the postwar period. The solid lines of its urban planning and land scale are the embodiment of the invisible boundaries between the villages that have existed for centuries. The construction of a solid structure was built against this line, which has multiple layers of meaning: on the one hand, it is a swamp, a place where various organisms live, on the other hand, it is a place of artificial development, and it is the boundary between settlements.

The construction of the structure, which appears to be an excess protruding from the earth, creates a clear difference between the organically connected objects and brings them face to face with each other.

The moment a large opening appears in this massive space, the swamp, self, and paddy field are connected. The repetition of connection and disconnection between the artificial and the natural encourages the recalling of the invisible, and the repetition of the other side and the self occurs, giving a strong sense of boundary.

Through the special environment created by the disconnection, I aimed to create a place where people can act as if they are communicating with each other while going back and forth between the back and front.