Flowing time reflecting on the river
material: Stainless steel, Steel
size: 3.05 x 28.38 x H0.215 (m)
site: MIYASHITA PARK “宮下公園”
暗渠化された渋谷川を反転して、その上に建つ巨大建造物、宮下公園の天井面に現す。
半世紀以上前に宮下公園の脇を流れる渋谷川が地下へと姿を隠したが、この建造物に沿った地下にこの川がある事を知らない人も多いかもしれない。だが、この“流れ”は、今もなお、渋谷の都市形成に影響を与えている。再度、この流れを浮上させ、変化していくこの都市の水鏡として、ときの流れを映す“川”とした。
それぞれの時代に様々な文化が、数多くこの街で生まれ、これからもその流れは続くだろう。これらの流行の多くは刹那的に、水泡のように現れては消え、また新たな情景をつくり、世界へと流れ出た。それらを一つの大きな流れにした、多くの人々の数ある一瞬の日常の全てがスポットを浴びたわけではないが、渋谷が渋谷であること、渋谷で生まれた文化の、大切な支流だったのだと思う。
凸型に天井から下がる形状は、一枚の板に折込を入れ両脇から圧縮され、素材と重力による曲率で描かかれている。折り位置は一定の周期で、開く(次の折位置が離れたパターン)⇄閉じる(折位置が近くで連続する)パターンを繰り返す。開かれ開放された部分では、隙間から深層へと映り込み、表層で捉えた景色とがブレては重なり個の光がモアレのように見えるが、閉じた部分には、一つのまとまりとして連続して混じりあった景色が表層に現れる。
多くの出来事は支流としてあるかもしれないが、ふとした瞬間に主流になったりもする。そうした多くの出来事が複合された光は、流れ出て都市の一部となる。この立体は、この街に点在するそれぞれの情景と、この場所でこれからも生まれ変化しつづけるであろう文化を繋ぐ、“ときの流れ”を映す川となる。
The culverted Shibuya River is reversed and revealed on the ceiling surface of Miyashita Park, a huge structure built above it.
More than half a century ago, the Shibuya River, which flows alongside Miyashita Park, was hidden underground, but many people may not know that the river lies underground alongside this structure. However, this "stream" still influences the urban development of Shibuya to this day. We have brought this stream to the surface once again and made it a "river" that reflects the flow of time as a water mirror of this changing city.
Many different cultures have been born in this city at different times and will continue to do so in the future. Many of these trends appeared and disappeared like a momentary blister, creating new scenes and flowing out into the world. Not all of the many fleeting moments in the daily lives of many people that made them into one big trend were in the spotlight, but I think they were important tributaries of what Shibuya is, and of the culture that was born in Shibuya.
The convex shape of the ceiling is drawn by a single board folded and compressed from both sides, with curvature caused by the material and gravity. The fold positions repeat in regular cycles, in a pattern of opening (the next fold position is far away) ⇄ closing (a series of fold positions close together). In the open folds, individual lights appear as moiré, blurring and overlapping with the view captured on the surface, while in the closed folds, a continuous, blended view appears on the surface as a single coherent image.
Many events may be tributaries, but they can also become mainstream at a moment's notice. The light from the compounding of many such events flows out and becomes part of the city. This three-dimensional object becomes a river that reflects the "flow of time", connecting the different scenes scattered around the city and the culture that will continue to be born and change in this place in the future