コミュニティを生むハード|Hardware Creates a Community|2020/09/07

京都の町家のエキシビションを見た。再開発が進み老朽化した町家が壊されてビルにかわっていってしまっているらしい。昔は町家のご近所同士が自然とつながったり、コミュニティがうまれたんだろう。町家がなくなることで、街なみが変わるだけでなく、そのつながりも生まれにくくなっているのではないだろうか。ハードが変わることでそこに生み出されていたコミュニティもなくなるのではなく、コミュニティが生まれやすいハードの設計も考える必要があるのかもしれない。(絵と文:サカキテツ朗)
I saw the exhibition of a Kyoto townhouses. It seems that redevelopment has progressed and the dilapidated townhouses have been destroyed and replaced by buildings. In the old days, the neighborhoods of townhouses may have been naturally connected to each other, and a community might have been created. With the disappearance of townhouses, not only will the appearance of the town change, but it will also be difficult to create connections. It may be necessary to consider the design of hardware that makes it easy for a community to be created, instead of eliminating the community that was created by changing hardware.-Text and illustration by Ted Sakaki