DIS-CONTINUOUS UNITY Architecture of YOSIZAKA Takamasa + Atelier U
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After finishing his studies in the fields of housing and the research into traditional East Asian houses at Waseda University, in 1950 YOSHIZAKA Takamasa (1917-1980) went to Paris to work at Le Corbusier’s atelier for two years.
Upon returning to Japan, he established the Atelier YOSIZAKA Takamasa (renamed “Atelier U” in 1964). All of their designs of private residences, school, governmental and other public buildings, as well as work in the realm of town planning, reflected the atelier’s questioning stance toward the position of architecture in society. The concept of “DISCONT”, an abbreviation for “Discontinuous Unity”,is the fundamental idea behind YOSIZAKA’s philosophy in terms of individual and collective organization, formative design, and design methods. It is at once a principle that reflects the thematic root of this exhibition.
Displayed in this exhibition are plans, sketches, texts and photographs that document the process of creating shapes through a dialogues between “language” and “form”. While walking around actual drafting tables, furniture, architectural fittings and other objects, visitors can experience the generation of architecture as realized in collaboration between several people of great individuality.
Catalog
DIS-CONTINUOUS UNITY
Contents
02 Foreword
04 In Search of Methods for Creating as a Discontinuous Unity – The Architecture of YOSIZAKA Takamasa + Atelier U written by NAKATANI Norihito
07 Part1 From a leaf to an Umbrella – House
10 Houses written by UEDA Makoto
17 Part2 From Words to Forms, From Forms to Words – Form
18 Forms written by FUJIMORI Terunobu
31 Part3 DISCONT – Organization
34 Discontinuous Unity written by SUZUKI Makoto
41 Part4 the Fifth Dart – Civilization
48 Forms of Japan and the World in the Twenty-First Century – A Question of Perspective written by TONUMA Koichi
50 On the YOSIZAKA Takamasa + Atelier U Architectural Fonds written by YAMANA Yoshiyuki
53 Chronology:Atelier U Members and Archived Project Items
54 Chronology :YOSIZAKA Takamasa + Atelier U
Venue
National Archives of Modern Architecture, Agency for Cultural Affairs 4‐6‐15 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
Entry
There are two ways to enter the National Archives of Modern Architecture.
To view only the exhibition (possible only on weekdays):
Please enter via the main gate of the Yushima
Local Common Government Offices (Admission: Free).
To view both the exhibition and Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens:
Please enter via the Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens
(Admission: 400 yen).
Collection Policy
Collection Policy
The Agency for Cultural Affairs collects materials that are deemed to be relevant to our nation’s modern architecture; and, among the materials that concern architectural works or architects that have been held in high regard domestically and internationally or have marked an epoch, are deemed to reflect or directly accompany compositions that carry exceptional artistic or technical value; and are deemed to face a high risk of being lost and to thus require the immediate protection of the state.
Message
Architecture, which embodies our daily lives, the land and climate, and our cultures of living, is tied strongly to society. Japanese architecture, particularly from the age of modernism and onwards, has followed a unique course of development through which it has fused together traditional wooden architecture with architectural cultures of the West.
The National Archives of Modern Architecture was born in order to have more people know about the exceptional architectural culture of Japan and to pass the culture onto future generations.
Architecture cannot be created single-handedly. Something of value can only be created when the minds of the client, designer, builders, and the various other associated people and organizations come together as one through engaging in extensive conversations with each another. Plans, models, and sketches serve as the mediums for conveying ideas in these conversations. Architectural materials such as these serve as precious historical sources for transmitting an understanding of how the culture of architecture has developed in Japan.
I sincerely wish that the culture of Japanese architecture will continue to be advanced further to develop greater richness as we learn from the accumulated history of our predecessors.
Tadao Ando
事業の枠組み
事業の枠組み
1. 情報収集
全国的な所在情報調査を行い、建築資料の保管場所を把握するとともに、劣化、散逸、海外への流失の恐れがないか、情報を収集します。また、関連資料を持つ機関（大学など）と連携し、建築資料所在情報のネットワークを形成します。
2. 資料の収集・保管
緊急に保護が必要な資料の収集・保管を行い、目録を作成して体系化し、アーカイブとして収蔵します。なお、文化庁において収集する建築関係資料（図面や模型、スケッチなど）は、我が国の近現代建築に関し、国内外で高い評価を得ている又は顕著に時代を画した建築・建築家に係るもの、又は、我が国の近現代の建築史や建築文化の理解のために欠くことができず、かつ、歴史上、芸術上、学術上重要なもののうち、散逸等のおそれが高く、国において緊急に保全する必要のあるものとします。
3. 展示・教育普及
建築資料に関する展示や講演会、ギャラリートークなどの教育普及活動を通じて、近現代建築とその関連資料に関する国民の理解増進を図るとともにと、国内外への情報発信を行います。
4. 調査研究等
国内外の研究機関と連携し、建築資料の保存・修復やデータベース構築に関する調査・研究を行い、我が国に適した建築資料アーカイブズの構築を目指します。また、近現代建築とその関連資料に関する調査・研究の発展を推進します。
概要
設置趣旨
我が国の近現代建築は、世界の文化芸術の重要な一翼を担う存在となっていますが、これまでその学術的、歴史的、芸術的価値を次世代に継承する体制が十分ではありませんでした。そこで当館では、我が国の近現代建築に関する資料（図面や模型等）について、劣化、散逸、海外への流出等を防ぐことを目的として、全国的な所在状況の調査、関連資料を持つ機関（大学等）との連携、緊急に保護が必要な資料の収集・保管を行います。また、展示や普及活動を通じ、近現代建築とその関係資料に対する国民の理解増進を図ってまいります。
事業概要
1.情報収集 2.資料の収集・保管 3.展示・教育普及 4.調査研究等
設置者
文化庁
設置
平成24（2012）年11月
開館
平成25（2013）年5月
所在地
〒113-8553
東京都文京区湯島4-6-15 湯島地方合同庁舎内
TEL 03-3812-3401 FAX 03-3812-3407
National Archives of Modern Architecture, Agency for Cultural Affairs
4-6-15 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8553, Japan