Go-shōkai itadakimashita Sejima desu. Kyō wa dōmo kite itadakimashite arigatō gozaimasu. Kyō wa “kankyō to kenchiku” to iu taitoru ni shita ndesu kedomo, koko no tokoro zutto sō iu koto de ohanashi sasete itadaite iru n desu ga, ma, kangaete miru to, watashi ni totte wa, kore wa hotondo, jibun de sekkei o hajimeta no ga 30-nen mae nan desu ga, dōmo sore kara hotondo onaji koto o yatte iru kana to omotte imasu. To iu no wa, ichiban saisho ni, mazu intieriā to ekusuteriā o tsunagetai, tsumari kenchiku o tsukutteru toki ni, tōzen kyōkai ga dekite, naka to soto ga dekiru n dakedo, sore ga tsunagattara ii naa to. Naka de wa ironna koto ga okonawareru, sō iu mono o gakkō ya shakaiteki kūkan to yuiitsu tsunagu koto ga dekiru ba ga atta ra ii naa to. Soto wa, kenchiku o tsukuttara, sono mawari mata dondon hirogatte iku n da kedo, sō iu mono ni tsunagaritai na tte iu koto wa, tsumari, ningen ga ironna katsudō o suru mitaina mono ga, sono mama kankyō ni tsunagatte ikeru yōna, sō iu basho o kenchiku to shite tsukuritai tte iu no ga.ma, saisho ni “Platform” to iu chiisana shūmatsu jūtaku o tsukutta toki ni kaita koto desu. Sore o maa maikai maikai kou yattara koi toka umaku itta kedo, kou iu koto ga umaku nai toka, kou iu koto ga dekiru hazu da to iu you na koto o kurikaeshi nagara, maa yatte kite, ki ga tsuitara sanjuu-nen tatte ru n desu kedo. Kore wa ie de, kore mo chiisana chiisana — kore go juugo heibei hobo — gurai no ie nan desu keredomo, maa iroiro chiisai naka ni wa, iro na kōjōsho ga kasanatte dekite kita na to omotte. Kou iu danmen nan desu kedo, choudo ikidomari no douro nanode, soko ga moni wa mitai ni natte te, kodomo ga asonde. Kodomo ga asonde, nan to naku "skip floor" wa desu ne, chiccha na basho ga choko choko choko choko tsunagari nagara dekite kite, gokei mo nan to naku, chiisai uchi ni bukubuku suru to, chotto okane wa kakaru kamoshirenai kedo. Hyōmen seki ga fueteku node mawari takaku naru kamo shirenai n desu ga, nanto naku ne, hontō ni, tatoeba roku-jō futatsu gurai de goban floor ga dekita you na tokoro o chiku chiku kasanete, nantonaku bukubuku shita gaikan mitai na mono o tsukurou to shiteita. Kore wa hontō ni "bukubuku" shite iru kanji de, sono koro iroiro yatte ita n desu kedo, kore wa ferry terminal — chiisana chiisana terminal — nanode, bukubuku shinakute mo ii n desu kedo. Naoshima no ushiro gawa ni aru, omote gawa wa mō mukashi yarasete itadaita n desu kedo, hotondo jimoto no hito ga chotto dake tsukatte, hitori futari shika matsu basho ni naranakute, ato wa jitensha okiba ni narun desu kedo. Ato, mejirushi ni to iu koto de, hajime kōcha o mejirushi ni shiyou to shite, ookina hankyuu mitai na mono o tsukurou to shita n desu. Sore wa okane ga takasugiru no de dame da tte koto ni natte, ima wa chicchana mono o tsumikasete, tsumiawasete yarou to. Isogide tsukutta. Betsu no tokoro de kinzoku de sore jitai o kōzō ni shita mono mo yatta n desu kedo, sore mo okane ga kakaru shi, ki de kō iu fū ni kunda mawari ni FRP o kumiawasete. Kono shita ga chiisana hito ga matsu basho to jitensha no okiba ni natte imasu. Aruite iku to, konna fū ni hontō ni mono ga dekiru. Kore wa saikin — tte iu ka kyonen no juu-gatsu ni dekita — Yamagata-ken no Tsuruoka no "moto mokuteki hōru" nan desu keredo mo. Koko ni Yamachidōkan tte iu mono ga atte, motomoto wa shikichi wa zenzen betsu dattan desu keredo mo, nantonaku ato yama ga atte, sore o sakeru yō ni shite. Chidōkan to ittai to naru. Kono hen wa Tsuruoka-shi no bunka chūshin chiku mitai na mono nan desu ne. Koko ni shiyakusho ga atte. ...shiyakusho ga atte, sore de nantonaku Chidōkan no koto o omoi nagara yatta n desu kedo. Heimen-zu de wa, kore ga tsuki rōka no shiyakusho desu. Sore de koko ni Chidōkan ga atte, koko ni wa Andō-shi no āto fōramu tte iu — mā gyararī ga attari, shinpojiumu yattari suru yō na basho — de. Ato, maa kocchi-gawa ni wa fesu to chiiki nenkan toka, to ni kaku kono ichiretsu ga bunka zōn mitai ni natte imasu ne. Soko ni kō iu tochi ga atte, soko ni 1200-nin — kekkyoku wa 1150-nin jaku no hōru o tsukutta n desu kedo. Kocchi kara kō kite, koko ni takai tawā nanka o zettai ni tatechau to, yama e no shisensha o block shichau kara dame da tte iu hanashi ga atte... Watashitachi to shite wa, kono o-niwa o ikashite, nantonaku kō iu katachi de hōru o tsukurou to.
