JA Nº 95. IDEA OF EMERGING STRUCTURAL DESIGNER (OKAMURA, KONISHI, TADA, SATO, NAWA)

As a profession, structural engineering in Japan dates from the first part of the 20th century. Following the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, Japan's new Urban Building Law (1920) was revised to require earthquake safety calculations; the profession of structural engineer was born. Collaborations between architects and structural engineers in Japan is an even more recent phenomenon dating from the 1960s. This issue examines how it has translated into the nation's contemporary building practices by looking at twelve exemplary practitioners and their recent projects. Also included is a conversation with Masato Araya and Yoshiharu Kanebako. 4, 60 Conversation: Embracing Diverse Rationalities and Values Masato Araya×Yoshiharu Kanebako 12 Satoshi Okamura Aburatsu Horikawa Canal Yumemi Bridge The Gymnasium in Shizuoka Prefecture Kusanagi Sports Complex 22 Yasutaka Konishi Joshu Tomioka Station Kanagawa Institute of Technology KAIT Workshop 32 Shuji Tada Kogakuin University Archery Ground Boxing Ring Nagoya-C-Office Building 42 Jun Sato Guideline to Include Structural Factors in Developing Morphogenesis Operations of Architecture 52 Yasushi Moribe Teshima Yokoo House 56 Kenji Nawa Glass House for Diver 70 Mitsuhiro Kanada Minna no Mori Gifu Media Cosmos Taichung Metoropolitan Opera House 80 Eisuke Mitsuda tomarigi Nakagawa Office 90 Hirofumi Ohno Ring Around a Tree Belfly in Ishinomaki 100 Daisuke Hasegawa Momigara Park EPSP WEP SHIMOKITAZAWA 110 Akira Suzuki ENPARK 114 Takashi Manda Showroom H 118 Genealogy 120 Profile