超絶記録！西山夘三のすまい採集帖
Record Extraordinaire! Uzo Nishiyama’s Notebooks on Houses and Living

日本のすまい研究を牽引してきた建築学者、西山夘三(にしやまうぞう)（1911-1994）は、徹底した住み方調査を通して、膨大なスケッチや図版、写真を残しました。
本展では、漫画家を目指したほどの画力とすぐれた観察眼を持ち合わせた西山夘三による「すまい」のスケッチや図版、写真類、そして中学時代からの漫画作品や記録魔ぶりを窺わせる日記など約90点の資料から、西山すまい学の一端と彼の多彩な魅力に迫ります。

Record Extraordinaire! Uzo Nishiyama’s Notebooks on Houses and Living

Osaka: 9 June – 22 August 2017
Tokyo: 7 September – 25 November 2017

Architect and architectural scholar Uzo Nishiyama is regarded as a pioneer of scientific research into housing. He is also known as an advocate of the “Separation of Eating and Sleeping Quarters in Small Houses” and the creator of the post-war “dining-kitchen” residential plan. At the foundation of these achievements is Nishiyama’s tenacious research into housing for the purpose of improving ordinary people’s dwellings. The period of the 1940s to ‘60s when he actively conducted research was a time of dramatic change for housing in Japan. His research findings served an important role in clarifying the housing situation in this period. From the great volume of questionnaires, illustrations, and photographs he amassed from careful fieldwork, we can sense Nishiyama’s sincere perspective as a researcher and his devotion to observing, sketching, and recording. This exhibition looks at Uzo Nishiyama’s “housing studies” research and colorful career through some 90 items. They include sketches, illustrations, and photographs by Nishiyama—who had an excellent eye for observation and such a talent for drawing he thought of becoming a manga artist—as well as manga works from his junior high school days and early journals that foretell his compulsion for recording. Please enjoy browsing the gallery, which is filled with Nishiyama’s records.
We wish to extend our warmest appreciation to The Uzo Nishiyama Memorial Library and everyone whose efforts have made this exhibition possible.

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