さてきのうの続き。
　わたしは生きている時間で、ずっと建築営為との付き合いが長い。もちろん住宅雑誌を創刊したということはいちばん大きなことだろうけれど、しかし自分自身の環境が、変容してきたことも多く遭遇した。
１番目は、ものごころもついていない３歳の時点での北海道栗沢町の農家住宅から、札幌市中心部への移転。そこでの毎年のような増改築の連続。10歳ころにはまったくの建て替えに遭遇して一時は仮住まい先への移転〜新築への住み替え。そして15歳時点でのまったくの新築移転。と、ここまでは父親のイニシアチブでの子としてのやむを得ない環境変容。
　一方、札幌里帰り後の自分自身の建築による環境変化も８回くらい経験している。
　今回はそういうなかでは非常に小規模の変化だけれど、しかし建築の環境変容はほんとうに面白い。
　もちろんそういうリクエストは施主として自分から発注するのだけれど、工事が始まって実際に変容がはじまるとその変化ぶりに率直に感動する（笑）。
　今回は小さなリフォームだけれど、玄関先にコート掛けを造作し、仕切りを作ってその反対側に書斎スペースを作るという内容。関連していろいろな玉突き変容もあるけれど、実際に解体していくとそのプロセスでの風景もまた楽し、で、つい「あ、このまんまがいいかなぁ」みたいな不埒な妄想もしてしまう。とんでもない施主である（笑）。
　しかし冷徹に妄想をシャットアウトして、無言で工事進行をウォッチする。
　やはり事務所使いもするとなると玄関部分の拡張というのはたとえ小規模でもやはり貴重。ほんの１畳分だけだけれど、床面積が広がると玄関の表情が一変する。
「おお、これは入ってきてちょっと安心感があるなぁ」「そうだねぇ」
　パブリックな空間が充実するというのは、その住空間の公明性に直接関わってくる。

　人間はだいたい足下の感覚で面積把握するのだろうけれど、その床面が拡大すると、ほんのちょっとでも有効性は大きい。内部についてはこの部位だけだけれど、引き続きDIY的な家具造作・配置変更などで空間の用途変更を進めていく。
　この他、外部についての変更も、木工事は２日間で終了。今後は土木的な改変も加えていくことになります。工事は楽しく続きます（笑）。

English version⬇

The Joy of Spatial Transformation, from the Renovation Construction Site
Residential construction allows you to create your own environment. Renovation is especially enjoyable in terms of spatial transformation. During the process, irresponsible fantasies such as, “Oh, it would be nice to leave it as it is. From the renovation work site

Let me continue where I left off yesterday.
　In the time I have been alive, I have been involved in the building industry for a long time. Of course, the launch of a housing magazine is probably the most significant event, but I have also encountered many changes in my own environment.
The first was the relocation from a farmhouse in Kurisawa-cho, Hokkaido to the center of Sapporo City at the age of three, before I even knew what I was doing. By the time he was 10 years old, the house was completely rebuilt, and he had to move to a temporary residence and then to a new house. Then, at the age of 15, the family moved to a completely new building. Up to this point, the change of environment was unavoidable as a child under his father’s initiative.
　On the other hand, after returning to Sapporo, I have experienced environmental changes due to my own construction about eight times.
　This time, however, the environmental changes caused by architecture are really interesting.
　Of course, as the client, I place the order for such requests myself, but when the construction work starts and the transformation actually begins, I am frankly impressed by the changes (laughs).
　This time, it was a small remodeling project, but it consisted of building a coat rack at the entrance and creating a partition to create a study space on the opposite side of the room. There are many related transformations, but the process of dismantling the building is also enjoyable, and I find myself thinking, “Oh, I’d like it just the way it is” in an offensive fantasy. I am a terrible owner (laughs).
　However, I shut out my fantasy coolly and watched the construction progress silently.
　After all, if it is to be used as an office, the expansion of the entrance area, even if it is small, is still very valuable. It may only be one tatami mat, but when the floor space is expanded, the look of the entrance area is completely transformed.
The entrance area is a very important part of the office space, but it is also very important for the office space.
　The enhancement of public space is directly related to the public nature of the living space.

Although human beings can usually grasp the area of a space by feeling it under their feet, even a slight expansion of the floor surface will have a significant effect. Although this is the only part of the interior, we will continue to change the use of the space through DIY-style furniture construction and rearrangement.
　Woodwork for the exterior was also completed in two days. From now on, civil engineering modifications will be added. Construction continues to be fun (laughs).

Posted on 6月 14th, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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　さてすっかり原稿書きが佳境になって来て、それぞれのテーマでアタマが一杯になって来ている。そうでなくても容量が多くないことは十分以上に自覚しているので、多少、クラクラ気味。
　こういうときはボーッとしているのが一番、ということで最近の飛行機搭乗時の空の上からの眺望写真であります。
　わたしたち年代はスカイメイトという「若者割り」全盛期世代でして、とくに札幌の少年達は隣県が青森県であるという意識はとくになく、北海道から本州に行くのにはほとんど航空機を利用する一択世代。北海道の「隣」はやはり羽田経由−東京というのが常識的なのですね。
　で、移動の搭乗時間には最初期は空からの眺望が見たい！最優先でしたが、徐々に飽きてきて、そのうちに「いちばん早く飛行機から降りる」のが最優先になっていった。とにかくなるべく前方席で通路側一択、という選択が永く続いてきたのであります。ビジネス感覚最優先時間。
　ところが人間、気分の変化というのも起こってきて、ふたたび空中からの視界という方にふたたびリターンしてきています。飛行機の時間って、パソコンを準備して作業して、それを再度保存して、パソコンを順序だててキチンとしまう、というプロセスで考えると時間的に、準備と片付けの方が時間を取られて、メンドくなってくるので、やっぱり普段の自分通り「ボーッとしている」のがいちばん「効率的」と思うように変化してきたのですね。
　なんか、単なるめんどくさがりにリターンしてきただけのようでもある。
　しかし空中からしか目にすることが出来ない景色というのは、発想の充実にも、多少は意味があると無理矢理，思ってきているのであります。
　加齢してきて、空の上からの眺めの場所にも、全国各地での地上体験が増えてきて、記憶復元ポイントが増えてきていることもあるようです。
　「お、あそこではこんなことがあったよなぁ」「お、こないだの風景、上から見るとこう見えるんだ」みたいな反芻記憶再生の時間。
　でも飛行機の航路って、いつも微妙に違いがあるようにも思う。とくに「関空」へのアプローチはどうも進入方向自体が都度、変化しているように思えます。そういう意味では一期一会みたいな景色との出会いもあるのでしょうね。ほぼ月イチみたいな頻度ですが、ボーッとしての空旅、今後も楽しんでいきたいと思います。

English version⬇

[Aerial view, imagination on the ground.
An old man clinging to a window in the sky. He is taking pictures here and there with his smartphone. It must be a strange sight from the other side (laughs) …

I am now at the climax of my manuscript writing, and my mind is filling up with each topic. I am more than aware that I don’t have much capacity for writing, so I am feeling a bit dizzy.
　In times like this, it is best to be in a daze, so here is a photo of the view from the sky when I recently boarded an airplane.
　We are from the generation when the “youth discount” called “Skymate” was in its heyday, and the boys in Sapporo in particular were not particularly aware that the neighboring prefecture was Aomori Prefecture, and they almost exclusively used airplanes to go from Hokkaido to Honshu. The “next” prefecture to Hokkaido is Tokyo via Haneda, as is common sense.
　So, during the boarding time of travel, I wanted to see the view from the sky in the first period! It was my first priority, but gradually I got tired of it, and soon it became my first priority to “get off the plane as soon as possible. Anyway, I have been choosing the aisle seat in the front as much as possible for a long time. Business sense is the top priority.
　However, as people’s moods change, they are once again returning to the view from the air. When I think about the process of preparing the computer, working on it, saving it again, and putting it away neatly and in order, the preparation and cleaning up take up more time, and it becomes a hassle. So, I have changed to think that it is the most “efficient” way to be “idle” as I usually am.
　It seems that I have just returned to being a mere hassle.
　However, I have forced myself to think that the view that can only be seen from the sky has some meaning in the enrichment of ideas.
　As I get older, I have more and more experiences on the ground in various places in Japan, and I seem to have more and more points to restore my memory of the places I have seen from the sky.
　It’s a time for ruminating and memory replay, like, “Oh, there was something like this there,” or “Oh, the scenery from the other day looks like this from up there.”
　But I think that airplane routes are always slightly different from each other. Especially in the approach to “Kansai International Airport,” the direction of approach itself seems to change each time. In that sense, I suppose there are once-in-a-lifetime encounters with the scenery. I would like to continue to enjoy air travel in a daze, although it is almost once a month.

Posted on 6月 12th, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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　わが家には芦別の木工場に自然乾燥させられていたナラ無垢材から長い時間を掛けて造作してもらったテーブルがある。わが家にその木が来てからもう25年以上経過している。四半世紀。
　はじめはとにかく「暴れ者」で参っていた。一応、切りだしてから数年間はその木工場で自然乾燥されていたので、ある程度は「ねじれ」「反り」などは緩和されているものと思っていた。そして軽く200kgくらいはあるので５人がかりで家の中に搬入した。
　そこから数年間、ブロックの足をかませて「その家の空気に馴染ませて乾燥させる」という忠告通りにしていたのだけれど、材の各所からねじれ・反りが大暴走していた。それがようやく一段落した頃にようやくテーブル家具として「仕上げて」もらったけれど、なかなか素直にはなってくれなかった。
　いまも多少「いびつ」な部分も遺しながら、壁のブロックや外壁の煉瓦などとともに、わが家の空気感の重要部分を担ってくれている。居間にたどりついたとき、その木目や質感が「おう、よく帰ってきたな」みたいな様子で、馴染ませてくれる。
　そんなことで外を歩いているときにも、木の表情を見せている家具類にはちょっと深入りするような心理が働いて、じっと様子を観察していたりする。もちろんわが家のテーブルのように自己主張は強くなく、それなりに「馴致」されている様子が伝わってくるけれど、やはり木の本然として「生きている」という様子は伝わってくる。
　こちらの写真のベンチは、表情についてはその木目をごらんください、ということで機能性一択に特化して足も確認することができなかった。たぶん背面の木部に対して金物接続させているのだろうが、人間と木目だけの「対話の仕掛け」として好もしかった。
　毎日、木目と話しているタイプの人間としては、共感が湧いてくるのだ。
　「まぁちょっと、坐っていけや」「ああ、でも道を急ぐし」「安全運転には休養第一だぞ」
　みたいな会話を勝手に脳内で通わせている。結局数分間、木目に抱かれている。スマホチェックの一時だけれど、句読点にはなってくれる。ありがとよ、と別れるけれど、家に戻ってくるとそういう写真に強く惹かれている自分を再発見する。

English version⬇

A long wooden couch in a highway parking lot.
Wooden furniture has a psychological “dialogue” with the user. The wooden furniture relaxes the mind when it says, “Well, sit down,” or “But I’m in a bit of a hurry. It also interacts with a photograph. The photograph also interacts with it.

We have a table in our house, which was built over a long period of time from solid oak that was left to dry naturally at a woodworking shop in Ashibetsu. It has been more than 25 years since the wood came to our house. A quarter of a century.
　In the beginning, it was a “rambunctious” tree. I thought that the wood had been dried naturally for a few years after it was cut, so I thought that the “twisting” and “warping” had been mitigated to some extent. And since it weighed about 200 kg lightly, it took five people to carry it into the house.
　For a few years, we followed the advice to let the wood air-dry in the house by putting block feet over it, but the twisting and warping was rampant from all parts of the timber. When that finally came to an end, I finally had it “finished” as table furniture, but it didn’t quite straighten out.
　Even now, it still retains some “distorted” parts, but together with the blocks on the walls and the bricks on the exterior walls, it plays an important part in the atmosphere of our house. When you arrive at the living room, the grain and texture of the wood make you feel at home, as if to say, “Hey, you’ve come home.
　When I am walking around outside, I tend to look closely at the furniture that shows the expression of wood, and I feel as if I am getting a little bit deeper into it. Of course, it is not as assertive as the table in my home, and you can tell that it has “adjusted” to its surroundings in its own way, but you can still feel that the wood is “alive” in its own right.
　As for the bench in the photo here, I could not check the legs because I was focused on the functionality of the bench, so please look at the grain of the wood. The bench is probably connected to the wood on the back with metal hardware, but I liked it as a “device for dialogue” between human beings and the grain of the wood.
　As someone who talks with the grain of the wood every day, I felt a sense of empathy.
　I could hear conversations like, “Well, you should sit down for a while,” “Yeah, but I’m in a hurry,” or “You need to rest first for safe driving.
　I let my brain go through conversations like these on its own. In the end, I am held by the grain of the tree for a few minutes. It’s just a moment to check my phone, but it serves as a punctuation mark. I say, “Thanks,” and we part ways, but when I return home, I rediscover that I am strongly attracted to such pictures.

Posted on 6月 10th, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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　先日の関西〜信州飯田往復の旅の最終日、結局、帰りは奈良県の橿原に宿泊して前述のように「重要伝統的建造物群保存地区」のなかの旅宿で体を休めていた。
　翌日、札幌に帰還するのだけれど、レンタカー道中でもあり、やはり大和盆地のなかでいまや「郷愁」を感じている飛鳥大仏と、もう１箇所、高鴨神社に詣でることにした。明日香から適当にクルマを走らせていたら、途中からはなにかが導いてくれているように、よんどころなく高鴨神社に到着することが出来た。きっと数寄のこころが体内で喜び勇んで、こここっち、そこはこっちとわたしのハンドル捌きを教習してくれているかのようだった（笑）。
たぶんはじめて訪れてからは４度目くらいの訪問・参詣。
以下は、神域手前に建てられた案内掲示からの要旨。
〜当神社は全国鴨（加茂）社の総本宮で弥生中期より祭祀を行う日本最古の神社の一つです。
主祭神
阿遅志貴高日子根命
（迦毛之大御神）
事代主命
阿治須岐速雄命
下照姫命・天稚彦命〜
　さらに「当地は少なくとも縄文晩期より集落が形成され祭祀が行われていたことが近年の考古学調査であきらかになっております。」という記述。北海道からの遠来の人間としては、やや気の遠くなる「縁起譚」であります。
　人間は自分の知らないことで、そして強く惹かれることにこだわりを持つ存在。
　そういう意味ではこの高鴨の神さまは、とても敵わない深遠さでこころを満たされてしまう。そういう圧倒されることが、心地よく感じてしまう。
　いつも訪れると、地図の左下側の駐車場に駐めて、池越しに社殿を拝ませていただく。
　この地は葛城山の中腹のような位置関係で、比較的高地であるのに、このような水面越の景観が見られるのです。
はるかな古代、この水が周辺の田んぼに水を供給して人びとのいのちを支えていたのではないか。その後、稲作の統率者として神武以降の王権が成立して、やがて水田は川の流域で行った方が、列島の地形的に合理的であり、その方が圧倒的な「人口増殖」に効率的だった。
　この「鴨」の一族もやがてそうした盆地の河川流域に本拠を移して発展していって、たくさんの「鴨」社が全国に広がっていくことになる。
　ただ、このような高地で奇跡的な水辺が現出したことが、さまざまな「霊力」の源泉とされ、「気」がこの地に満ちていたように、古代の人びとは強く感じていたことだろう。水面に日が当たって複雑な乱反射を見せているのですが、そのなかには地中の鉱物が働いている部分もあるとされている。
　神武帝の足跡の時期の「歴史」の重要地域であることは間違いがない。
　これからも折に触れて、神妙にお伺いしたいと思っております。合掌。

English version⬇

I still love Takagamo Shrine.
The shrine is located in the middle of Mt. Katsuragi in the Yamato Basin and is a soulful experience every time I go there. I’m a lost lamb, but I’m honest enough (laughs) to ask for your help. I am a lost lamb, but I am honest (laugh) there, so please do not hesitate to contact me.

On the last day of my recent trip from Kansai to Iida, Shinshu, I stayed in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, and rested at an inn in the “Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings,” as mentioned above.
　The next day, I was returning to Sapporo, but as I was on my way to rent a car, I decided to pay a visit to the Asuka Great Buddha and another Takagamo Shrine in the Yamato Basin, where I was feeling nostalgic now. Driving from Asuka to Takagamo-jinja Shrine, I arrived there without any trouble as if something was guiding me along the way. It was as if Sukiyoko’s heart was joyfully instructing me on how to drive here, there, and there (laugh).
This was probably my fourth visit to the shrine since my first visit.
The following is the gist of the information posted in front of the shrine.
〜This shrine is the head shrine of Kamo shrines throughout Japan, and is one of the oldest shrines in Japan, with rituals conducted since the middle of the Yayoi period.
Main Deity
Atashiki Takahikone-no-Mikoto
（Shakamo no Mikami)
Kotoshironomikoto
Kotoshironushi no Mikoto
Shimoteruhime-no-Mikoto and Amatsukihiko-no-Mikoto
　Furthermore, “Recent archaeological research has revealed that villages were established and rituals were performed in this area at least as early as the late Jomon period. This is a description of a distant visitor from Hokkaido. As a person from Hokkaido, this is a rather sobering “tale of karma.
　Human beings are obsessed with what they do not know and are strongly attracted to.
　In that sense, this Takagamo no Kami-sama fills my heart with a profundity that is very hard to compete with. I find it comforting to be overwhelmed in this way.
　Whenever I visit, I park in the parking lot on the lower left side of the map and look over the pond to see the shrine.
　The location of this site is like the middle of Mt. Katsuragi, and even though it is at a relatively high altitude, such a view over the water can be seen.
In far ancient times, this water must have supplied water to the surrounding rice fields and supported the lives of people. Later, the kingship after Jinmu was established as the leader of rice cultivation, and eventually it was more reasonable for the topography of the archipelago to have paddy fields in the river basin, which was more efficient for overwhelming “population growth”.
　The “Kamo” clan eventually shifted their headquarters to such basin river valleys and developed, and many “Kamo” companies spread throughout the country.
　However, the miraculous appearance of the waterside at such a high altitude must have been strongly felt by the ancient people as a source of various “spiritual powers” and as if the land was filled with “chi” (energy). The sun shines on the surface of the water and shows complex diffuse reflections, some of which are believed to be areas where minerals in the ground are at work.
　There is no doubt that this is an important area of “history” during the period of the footsteps of Emperor Jinmu.
　I hope to continue to visit the Shinmu from time to time. Gassho.

Posted on 6月 8th, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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　寄る年波のさなか、大阪市中央公会堂周辺から、一気に中部地方・長野県飯田市まで長躯移動。
　ある個人的な探究テーマを深掘りすることに没頭しております。これまでの住宅領域での経験に立脚しながら、自分自身の興味分野が拡大して、という状況にいるのですが、そうすると取材対象がいろいろに展開していくことになる。
　先日は関西地域にいくつかの訪問先があったところに南信州・飯田市に行く要件が持ち上がってしまった。片道では300kmで往復では600kmを超えることになる。北海道で言うと札幌から釧路までの往復と同距離ということ。まぁ北海道ではそこそこあり得る行動半径ではある。っていうか、住宅取材などでそれくらいの行動半径では動き続けていた。
　しかし年齢的にはもうそのころとは20年近い隔絶もある。そもそも大阪発時間は夕方５時ころなので、途中、岐阜県のあたりで宿泊して翌朝早くに出発して飯田市入りを目指した。
　でも今度は引き返しの長距離移動もある。普通は公共交通手段を利用してと考えるところでしょうが、この目的地間には適当な移動交通手段がなかった。一方でモータリゼーション世代ではあり、生まれた頃から自動車の移動感覚がネイティブのようなわたしなので、こういう移動交通に数寄もあるようですね。
　すっかり日没時間も午後７時くらいにまで長くなっているので、180kmほどの宿泊地点には余裕で到着。さっさと寝るのは得意なので、若干の用務を片付けてすぐに就寝。あ、晩ごはんは途中の大津の琵琶湖あたりPAで済ましてしまう。
　で、翌朝、早くに出発して山道の「中央道」を約120kmひたすら東上。
　写真は目的地・飯田市の「長野県天然記念物・長姫（おさひめ）のエドヒガン」樹。別名「安富桜」。
　〜幹と根張りが雄々しく、均整の取れた樹形は古木の風格をもち、エドヒガンの特性が良く現れた県下の名木である。飯田城主・堀氏の家老「安富」氏の邸宅近くにあったため、俗に安富桜と称される。〜
　来て見て、飯田市とわたし自身の「未遂の関係性」ということもアタマのなかにたくさん群がり興ってきていた。地域と言うよりもこの地が出身地域である多くの人たちとの「関係性」が、想起されてしまったのですね。ちょっと早めに到着したので、この安富桜にしばし見とれながら、そんなことに気持ちが奪われる時間を過ごしていた。
　ひょっとすると、少し人生選択が違っていたら、自分はこの街と深く根がらみの人生時間を過ごしていたかも知れない、そんな不思議な余韻に浸っておりました。たまたま要件が発生しての大往復だけれど、なにかの人生時間「因果」がそこに絡んでいたのかも知れません。

English version⬇

Traveling by car from Osaka to Iida, Nagano Prefecture and back.
An old tree in the area that soothes the fatigue of an elderly person traveling 300 km. Its majestic and powerful appearance encourages us to keep going strong. ….

In the midst of the passing of the years, I moved from the Osaka Central Public Hall area to Iida City, Nagano Prefecture, in the Chubu region of Japan, in one fell swoop.
　I have been immersed in digging deeper into a personal theme of exploration. I am in a situation where my own field of interest is expanding while building on my past experience in the housing area, and in doing so, the subject of my coverage is developing in various ways.
　The other day, when I had several places to visit in the Kansai region, the requirement to go to Iida City, Minami-Shinshu was brought up. The one-way trip would be 300 km, and the round trip would be over 600 km. In Hokkaido, this is the same distance as a round trip from Sapporo to Kushiro. Well, that’s a reasonable radius of travel in Hokkaido. In fact, I have been moving around within that radius for housing coverage and so on.
　However, it has been almost 20 years since then. Since the departure time from Osaka was around 5:00 p.m., we stayed overnight in Gifu Prefecture on the way to Iida City, and left early the next morning.
　But this time, there was also a long-distance trip back. Normally, one would think of using public transportation, but there was no suitable means of transportation between these destinations. On the other hand, I am of the motorized generation, and since I was born, I have a native sense of automobile transportation.
　Since the sunset time has completely lengthened to about 7:00 p.m., we arrived at the lodging point, about 180 km away, with plenty of time to spare. Since I am good at going to bed quickly, I took care of some errands and went to bed right away. Oh, and dinner is served at a PA around Lake Biwa in Otsu on the way.
　The next morning, we left early and headed east on the mountainous “Chuo Road” for about 120 km.
　The photo shows the “Nagano Prefecture Natural Monument Osahime no Edohigan” tree in Iida City, our destination. It is also known as the “Yasutomi cherry tree.
　〜The tree is a famous tree in the prefecture with a magnificent trunk and root system, and its well-proportioned form gives it the appearance of an old tree, and the characteristics of the edohigan are well represented. It is commonly called “Yasutomi Cherry Blossom” because it was located near the residence of “Yasutomi,” a retainer of the Hori family, lords of Iida Castle. ~.
　After visiting Iida City, my own “attempted relationship” with Iida City also began to crowd my mind. I was reminded of the “relationship” I have with many people who are from this area, rather than the region itself. Since I arrived a little early, I spent a lot of time admiring these Yasutomi cherry blossoms, and my mind was taken by such things.
　Perhaps, if my life choices had been a little different, I might have spent my life time deeply rooted in this town, and I was immersed in such a mysterious afterglow. Although it was a big round-trip due to an accidental requirement, there might have been some kind of life time “cause and effect” involved in it.

Posted on 6月 6th, 2024 by 三木 奎吾
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