「復興建築めぐり」
東日本大震災からの復興の軌跡をたどる

Kamaishi Earthquake Recovery & Architecture Tour
– The spirit of people living and working in conjunction with the ocean and the lessons learned due to the tsunami disaster

早期の学校再建を可能とするために、山の掘削量を最小化した案が選ばれました。この案では、沢を挟んで渡す橋のような構造体の中学校舎により、掘削土量を当初想定量の3分の１程度にまで削減することで、土木工事の期間を１年半に短縮しているという土木と建築の技術が融合された計画です。高台に建つ体育館の壁はガラスでできており、夜には市街地のどこからでも見える灯台のようです。安全が確保された高台の校舎へアクセスできるよう、大階段が設けられ、緊急時の地域の避難場所となる防災拠点として機能することも想定されています。

In order to rebuild the schools as early as possible, Kamaishi city accepted an architect’s proposal which was designed to cut down the amount of excavation from the mountain to a minimum. The design of the junior high school crosses over the mountain stream like a bridge, reducing the amount of excavation by one third of what was first estimated and this also reduced the construction period by one and half years. The collaboration of architecture and civil engineering working together made this possible. The school gym was built on higher ground and has a side of it, made of glass, resulting in the gym shining light on the town at night like a lighthouse.The school plays a role as a disaster prevention facility and is designed to serve as an evacuation center for emergency situations. Huge staircases are connected to the school allowing citizens the ability, during an emergency, to move to higher ground quickly and safely.