This is a retrospective exhibition of Kon Wajiro, who is known as the founder of Modernology, a field of study that collected and analyzed changes in the lives of people and the city of Tokyo during its rapid development to form the metropolis in the early Showa era. Kon’s sketches, photographs and architectural drawings were featured in the exhibition. We designed display cases, display panels, and display tables for different types of materials, as well as studying and designing the layout of the irregular-shaped exhibition room. At the irregular-shaped venue of the Panasonic Shiodome Museum, small display tables and four large boxes respectively made of lauan plywood were placed to divide the exhibition space while keeping a sense of spatial continuity. The sizes of these boxes and tables were carefully determined so that an appropriate sense of distance from the works was maintained.
昭和初期に急速に大都市化していく東京の町や人々の生活の変化を採集・分析した「考現学」の創始者として知られる今和次郎の業績のなかから、スケッチ、写真、建築図面などを展示する回顧展。さまざまな資料体に対して、展示ケース、展示パネル、テーブルなどを設計し、また、展示室内のおけるレイアウトの検討と設計を行った。変形したパナソニック汐留ミュージアムの会場では、4つの大きなボックスと、小さな展示台をそれぞれラワンベニアでつくり、それらの配置だけで空間を連続させつつ分節させるという方法をとった。これらの大きさの厳密な設定によって、作品との適度な距離感をコントロールしている。