"Architectural Conundrums: For a New Commonplace" Hiroshi Naito Price: ¥3,960 → ¥3,333 Slight creasing on the upper corners of the book. Otherwise, it's a near-mint condition book. Thank you. "The architecture I envision tends to seek a certain kind of 'universal commonplaceness,' like going back to the prototype of architecture. I once called the form that lies beyond that 'basic form.' On the other hand, architecture inevitably expresses something just by existing. In other words, it cannot be unrelated to 'expression.' This is where the problem of the individual as an expresser arises. In short, 'commonplaceness' is anonymity, and 'individual' is authorship. I think it's safe to say that any architect with a heart has struggled with this conflict. And in my case, the problem may be that I am positioned closer to 'commonplaceness.' Therefore, I distance myself from the architectural world that prioritizes the authorship of the 'individual.' What this book attempts to do by answering the difficult questions posed is to overcome that barrier. It re-examines my own thinking, and through that process, it seeks a new circuit to bridge two different operating systems. It may lead to dispelling misunderstandings about architecture in the world, and it may open a hole in the closed value of architecture." A radical architectural theory and a collection of questions and answers by the author, who freely traverses the fields of architecture, urban planning, and civil engineering, and who has been a member of various reconstruction committees in Sanriku since 3/11. Interviewer: Tomoharu Makabe. Format: 46-size Number of pages: 288 Price: ¥3,960 (Body: ¥3,600) ISBN978-4-622-08979-7 C code C1052 Published: July 16, 2021 #HiroshiNaito #book #CivilEngineering/Architecture"