良家の期待を裏切った建築バカ SEIGO MIYAKE とは Who is SEIGO MIYAKE ?
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建築バカ人生
1966年夏、大阪の由緒正しい家に長男として生まれましてん。ほんま息苦しい子供時代やったわ。周りの大人らから「ええ学校行って、将来は立派な人になれ」って、壮絶な期待とプレッシャーかけられてな。
しかし……立派な人にはなりませんでした♪
芽生え
小学生の頃、父ちゃんと帝塚山を歩いてて、安藤忠雄の「堀内邸（ガラスブロックウォール）」の前を通ったとき、ガツンと衝撃受けましたわ。窓のないコンクリートのシャープな箱……あれ、忘れられへん。
パソコンとの出会い
中学生の頃、まだ世に出たてのパソコンに出会うて、すっかりはまってしまいました。
がり勉卒業
高校二年までは札付きのがり勉やったけど、体調崩して「このままやと死んでしまう」と思って、期待に応えるんはもうやめましたわ。
社会人スタート
なんやかんやあって、趣味のパソコンを活かせる仕事に就いたんやけど、先輩が起こしたクーデターに巻き込まれて退社。世の中はバブル真っ只中やった。
パリ巡礼
安藤忠雄の作品集を隅々まで読み込み、作品を見て回ったりしてた私は、仕事で貯めた金で、安藤の心の師匠・コルビュジエを見にパリに二ヶ月行きましたわ。
設計事務所時代
帰国後、設計事務所に入ってマンションとか手がけて、御堂筋で見たマイケル・グレイヴスのビルを参考にデザインしたら所長に気に入られてな。
代表作
入所五年目で代表作「幕張ベイタウンパティオス」が完成しました。新建築にも載ったけど、若手の私の名前は載ってへんかった。でも外観デザインは私が主導したんは間違いあらへん。
Windows95とCGの世界
Windows95の登場で3D環境が整ってな。何でも掘り下げる質の私は、CG専門誌の取材を受けるレベルまでいきましたわ。
自邸
その後、父ちゃんが投資で貯めた金で自邸を建てるんや。あの堀内邸みたいな、コンクリートのシャープな箱——第二の代表作と言えるもん。ところが父ちゃんは他界してしもて、今は私が相続して大事に住まわせてもらってます。
第二のクーデターと定年
またしてもクーデターに遭いましたわ。デザインもようわからんような人物が新所長になって、私を追い出そうとしてきてん。もう居る理由あらへん思て、60歳で定年退職です。
あとがき
最後の二年は、一切何も買わへんくて、その金で高級リゾート視察を繰り返してましたわ。しかし、そこで得た知見を十分にアウトプットできてへんのが、今の心残りやな。
言葉で説明するのは昔から苦手ですが、色・形を整えて「言葉を超えた愛着と信頼」を作るのは得意です。説明ゼロで、なぜか「もっと」と仕事が絶えなかった人間です。そんな私が、いま家で悶々と過ごしています。手と目が退屈しています。言葉のいらない美しさが必要な方、そっとお声がけください。黙々と仕上げます。
Who is SEIGO MIYAKE ?
An Architect’s Obsession: A Life in Eleven Chapters
1. Born to a Legacy
I was born in the summer of 1966 as the eldest son of a prestigious, traditional family in Osaka. To be honest, my childhood was suffocating. The adults around me constantly piled on intense expectations and relentless pressure, telling me to "go to a top school and become a distinguished, grand figure." But well... I didn't end up becoming that "grand figure" at all♪
2. The Awakening
When I was in elementary school, I was walking through Tezukayama with my father when we passed by Tadao Ando’s "Horiuchi House" (Glass Block Wall). It hit me with a massive shock. A sharp, windowless concrete box... I could never forget it.
3. Encounter with the PC
During my junior high school years, I came across the personal computer when it was still brand new to the world. I fell head over heels into that universe.
4. Graduating from the Grind
Up until my second year of high school, I was a notorious, hardcore grind, studying myself to the bone. But then my health broke down. Realizing that "if I keep going like this, I’ll literally die," I made the choice to stop living up to everyone else's expectations.
5. Entering the Workforce
After this and that, I managed to land a job where I could put my computer hobby to good use. However, I got swept up in a coup d'état staged by a senior colleague and left the company. The world, back then, was right in the middle of the roaring bubble economy.
6. Pilgrimage to Paris
Having pored over every single page of Tadao Ando's monographs and visited his actual structures, I took the money I had saved from work and went to Paris for two months. My goal was to see the works of Le Corbusier—the spiritual master of Ando himself.
7. The Design Firm Years
After returning to Japan, I joined an architectural firm and worked on apartment buildings and other residential projects. When I designed a project inspired by the Michael Graves building I had seen on Midosuji, the principal took a real liking to me.
8. My Masterpiece
In my fifth year at the firm, my landmark project, "Makuhari Baytown Patios," was completed. It was featured in Shinkenchiku (Japan Architect) magazine, though my name wasn't credited because I was just a young designer back then. But there is absolutely no mistake about it: I was the one who spearheaded the exterior design.
9. Windows 95 and the World of CG
With the arrival of Windows 95, the 3D environment finally matured. True to my nature of deeply excavating anything I touch, I dove so far into it that I reached a level where I was being interviewed by specialized CG magazines.
10. My Private Residence
Later on, using the capital my father had built through his investments, I built my own home. A sharp concrete box, just like that Horiuchi House—you could call it my second masterpiece. Sadly, my father passed away, but I have inherited the house and still live here today, taking profound care of it.
11. The Second Coup and Retirement
And then, history repeated itself with another coup d'état. A person who didn't understand the first thing about design became the new principal and tried to push me out. Seeing absolutely no reason to stay in a place like that, I walked away at 60 for my planned retirement.
Epilogue
For the last two years, I didn’t buy a single unnecessary thing. Instead, I poured all that money into repeatedly scouting out luxury resorts. My only regret now, though, is that I haven't yet been able to fully output the deep insights I gathered from those journeys.
