Architect Togo Murano's Consciousness and Expression of "History", "Tradition" and "Past"

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19H02329
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 23040:Architectural history and design-related
• Research Institution: Kyoto Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Matsukuma Hiroshi 京都工芸繊維大学, デザイン・建築学系, 教授 (80324721)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 三宅 拓也 京都工芸繊維大学, デザイン・建築学系, 助教 (40721361) ; 角田 暁治 京都工芸繊維大学, デザイン・建築学系, 教授 (60379063) ; 笠原 一人 京都工芸繊維大学, デザイン・建築学系, 助教 (80303931)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 村野藤吾 / 図面 / 歴史 / 過去 / 伝統

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In 2019 and 2020, we focused on Togo Murano's extension and renovation works, and clarified their consciousness of "history", "tradition", and "past". By examining Murano's 15 works, I clarified that five major methods can be read: "harmony and distinction", "inheritance", "polymerization", "makeover and scale down", and "planned correspondence".
In 2021 and 2022, we will focus on architectural critic Takashi Hasegawa, who has clarified that Murano's view of history and his gaze on the past are based on "presentism." Using approximately 4,000 photographs of Murano's works, Hasegawa examined Murano's awareness and attitude toward "history," "tradition," and "the past." He revealed that Hasegawa's filming method overlaps with Murano's "presentism" attitude.

Free Research Field

近代建築史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまで村野藤吾は「歴史」に造詣が深い建築家であることが知られてきたが、それは村野の建築的教養の深さ、与条件の処理の巧みさといった次元で評価されてきた。「歴史」や「伝統」、「過去」についての意識や態度のあり方や、建築作品におけるその表現について、これまでその全体像を具体的に論じた研究は存在しなかった。本研究では、村野がいかなる方法やデザインで「歴史」や「伝統」、「過去」に向き合ったか、またその態度はどのような構造を持つ者であったのかについて、具体的に明らかにした点に特徴や独自性、新しさがある。