A+U 581 The Thinking Hand

Description

a+u The Thinking Hand – Takenaka Corporation and Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum includes

This issue features works from the Takenaka Corporation and the Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum, which exhibits the histories of notable ‘daiku’ (carpenters) from different generations, together with the development of tools, techniques, and timber production management. In 2014 the museum relocated to a new building and, with the assistance of contemporary craftsmen, utilised traditional carpentry in the realisation of its structure and spaces. Mark Mulligan writes about craftsmanship in Japanese architecture, while Terunobu Fujimori explains its changes from the early modern era to the present. The issue also presents perspectives from the craftsmen themselves.

CONTENTS

Introduction
Craftsmanship For Our Time, Mark Mulligan

Craftsmanship, Space, and Carpentry Tools
Chip / Strike / Split, Cut / Polish, Notch / Join,
Stroke / Press, Weave, Harden, Roof

Dialogue
Engaging with Materials, Conveying the Skills of the Craftsman, Akinori Abo, Shuji Yamada, Naoki Kusumi, Kenzo Akao, Tomoaki Kawai, Takeya Obata

Essay
The Power of Handwork, Terunobu Fujimori

Works

• Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum
• Chip / Strike / Split. Sagawa Art Museum Raku Kichizaemon Building, Imari Minami Aoyama, Oku-Go-Yashiki, MIKI Corporation Tokyo Headquarter Building-No1
• Cut / Polish. Suitengu 106, Suntory World Research Center, Takenaka Corporation Tokyo Main Office
• Notch / Join. Strong Building, Osaka Timber Association Building, Kobe International Junior & Senior High School Kono Memorial Hall
• Stroke / Press. Kobe Reformed Theological Seminary, Choraku-Ji ‘Zazen’ Hall Kaiundo Main Shop
• Weave. Shiseido Head Office (Ginza Office), Waseda Shogekijo Drama-Kan Theater
  Obaku-san Manpuku-ji Bunkaden, Takenaka Corporation Nagoya Branch Office Guest Lobby
• Harden. Hyogo University, The Faculty of Health Science, LIXIL Showroom Nagoya, The Fukuoka Bankers Association Hall
• Roof. Harimayahonten Ikuno Head Shop, Urabandai Kogen-Hotel, Reiyukai Shakaden, Kiyoshikojin Seichoji Museum of History and Art

Epilogue Hand and Spirit – Connecting Tradition with Innovation, Toichi Takenaka

192 pages, ills colour & bw / 22 x 29 cm / English, Japanese