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項目地點：日本，愛知縣，春日市，媽祖町牌坊2-294

設計和管理：隈研吾建筑都市設計事務所

合作設計：松井建設設計部

結構設計：佐藤君結構設計

基地面積：421.55m2

總建筑面積：626.5m2

設計時間：2008年4月～2009年8月

建設時間：2009年6月～2010年5月

攝影：Daici Ano

Location: 2-294 Torii Matsu Machi, Kasugai-shi, Aichi Prefecture

Design and Supervision: Kengo Kuma & Associates

Cooperation for Design: Design Department of Matsui Construction

Structural Design: Jun Sato Structural Design

Site Area: 421.55m2

Total Floor Area: 626.5m2

Design Period: 2008.04～2009.08

Construction Period: 2009.06～2010.05

Photographer: Daici Ano

這座建筑的設計靈感來自Cidori（一種古老的日本玩具）系統(tǒng)。Cidori是一種木棍組裝玩具，帶有形狀獨特的接頭，只要扭動木棍，就可以伸長，不需要任何釘子或金屬配件。這種傳統(tǒng)玩具在飛驒高山（一個山區(qū)小鎮(zhèn)）一直流傳下來，這個小鎮(zhèn)上至今還有許多工藝精湛的工匠。

Cidori用一個12 mm的木方框作為元件，這個方框在這座建筑上被轉化成不同尺寸。部件尺寸為60mm×60mm×200cm或60mm×60mm×400cm，構成一個50cm方形網(wǎng)格。這個立方體網(wǎng)格也成為了該博物館陳列柜的網(wǎng)格。

該項目的結構工程師佐藤淳進行了一次壓縮和彎曲試驗，以測試該系統(tǒng)的強度，最后證實玩具機理也適用于“大”建筑。這座建筑表明，我們有可能通過自己的雙手，像組裝玩具等小物件一樣，創(chuàng)造出一個宇宙。我們設計這個項目的愿望是：用機器制造建筑的時代成為過去，人類能夠自己重新建造這些建筑。

This is architecture that originates from the system of Cidori, an old Japanese toy. Cidori is an assembly of wood sticks with joints having unique shape, which can be extended merely by twisting the sticks, without any nails or metal fittings. The tradition of this toy has been passed on in Hida Takayama, a small town in a mountain, where many skilled craftsmen still exist.

Cidori has a wood 12 mm square as its element, which for this building was transformed into different sizes. Parts are 60mm×60mm×200cm or 60mm×60mm×400cm, and form a grid of 50cm square. This cubic grid also becomes the grid on its own for the showcase in the museum.

Jun Sato, structural engineer for the project, conducted a compressive and flexure test to check the strength of this system, and verified that even the device of a toy could be adapted to ‘big’ buildings. This architecture shows the possibility of creating a universe by combining small units like toys with your own hands. We worked on the project in the hope that the era of machine-made architectures would be over, and human beings would build them again by themselves.