takayuki matsuo
Modernology Investigation - Twisted House - ( Haruna )
Architectural Drawing, Sculpture, video /
size available /
paper /
2024 /
Measurement, architectural drawing, and architectual model of abandoned houses ”Functions that are no longer used due to environmental changes and historical context."
From the 1970s to the bubble period. Many summer resorts and tourist attractions were created in Japan's regional cities.
Until about 30 years ago, Lake Haruna, the subject of this project, was popular among tourists as an ice skating rink, with the lake covered with ice in winter.
However, due to global warming, the lake rarely freezes completely and is no longer used as an ice skating rink in recent years.
The room I chose for this project is located in the basement of a former inn that borders the lake. The room is located at the same level as the lake surface so that it is directly accessible to the frozen lake, and was used for removing and putting on skates.
The inn closed down several years ago due to the economic downturn and has been abandoned for some time. The structure of the building is in danger of collapsing due to the lake's humidity, earthquakes, and age.
Project Description
While architectural drawings are created to actually bring an ideal form to life in terms of calculations, this project will be used as a record against the existing building.
This work is a measurement of spatial distortion and its visualization in the drawings, so that the lines drawn are not computationally straight, but more like natural shapes.
Production process
1. Using a taut line, stretch a vertical and horizontal reference line in the space every 50 cm.
2. Draw lines (as targets) on the same section of the ground, wall, and ceiling, respectively, from the taut line.
3. By measuring the distance between the taut line and the target (1 cm intervals at the finest point), a cross-sectional view can be drawn.
This process produces 14 cross sections in the longitudinal direction and 32 cross sections in the shortitudinal direction.
By visualizing lines of cross sections that do not originally exist as drawings, spatial distortions can be seen more clearly.
A 1/10 scale model of the floor will be produced based on the measured cross-sectional drawings.
Modernology Investigation - color chart -
found object /
size available /
paper /
2019 /
I examined the color of the painted walls of a single region. In New York City, the exterior walls are painted and the paint fades over time.
By using the color chart (about 2000 colors of the Benjamin Moore paint) as a reference, I attempted to document the current condition of the walls as accurately as possible.
ニューヨークの外壁の多くはペンキが塗られ、ペンキは時間の経過とともに褪色していく。
カラーチャート（ベンジャミンムーアの塗料サンプル約2000色）を使用し、ペンキの色をできるだけ正確に記録した。
カラーチャートの色番号が各作品のタイトルとなる。
Modernology Investigation - Ground -
photography /
size available /
paper /
2022 /
床下浸水で地盤沈下をおこし、構造体が歪んだ日本家屋を使用して行なった作品。畳と床板を剥がし、床下の状態を記録撮影した。歪んだ地面を真上からの平面画像として記録する。地面を３Dスキャンで画像化、継ぎ目が付合するように部分写真をはめ込み、原寸大の記録写真を作成した。
Modernology Investigation - Floor Distortion -
Found Object /
Size available /
Marble, Paper /
2022 /
ニューヨークでは築100年の建物も珍しくない。その為、床や壁などの構造体は歪んでいる状態で使用され続けている場合が多い。本作品はニューヨークのギャラリーで滞在制作をしながら床の歪みを計測することを制作行為に置き換えて行った。
ギャラリー内の床板（木製タイル）の一枚一枚からビー玉を転がす。ビー玉は床の歪みによって転がり、その動線を線として記録する。ビー玉による床の歪みの計測はそもそも大まかな歪みを調べるものであり、正確性はない。
Modernology Investigation - Margin -
2018
Found objects /
Size available /
Many billboards are placed on the walls of buildings, on roads, and in train stations. In this digitalized world, painted and paper advertisements will disappear rapidly.
By observing the many billboards in a city, one can see the boom or bust of that city. In recessionary modern Japan, there are many white signs all over the city.
If you don't pay attention and try to look at the signs with nothing on them, they just look like they don't exist, like they are part of the building.
However, if you pay attention to them, they appear to be minimal art installed outdoors, or the opposite of the work and space in a white cube.
