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项目地点：日本，爱知县，春日市，妈祖町牌坊2-294

设计和管理：隈研吾建筑都市设计事务所

合作设计：松井建设设计部

结构设计：佐藤君结构设计

基地面积：421.55m²

总建筑面积：626.5m²

设计时间：2008年4月～2009年8月

建设时间：2009年6月～2010年5月

摄影：Daici Ano

Location: 2-294 Torii Matsu Machi, Kasugai-shi, Aichi Prefecture

Design and Supervision: Kengo Kuma & Associates

Cooperation for Design: Design Department of Matsui Construction

Structural Design: Jun Sato Structural Design

Site Area: 421.55m²

Total Floor Area: 626.5m²

Design Period: 2008.04～2009.08

Construction Period: 2009.06～2010.05

Photographer: Daici Ano

这座建筑的设计灵感来自Cidori（一种古老的日本玩具）系统。Cidori是一种木棍组装玩具，带有形状独特的接头，只要扭动木棍，就可以伸长，不需要任何钉子或金属配件。这种传统玩具在飞驒高山（一个山区小镇）一直流传下来，这个小镇上至今还有许多工艺精湛的工匠。

Cidori用一个12 mm的木方框作为元件，这个方框在这座建筑上被转化成不同尺寸。部件尺寸为60mm×60mm×200cm或60mm×60mm×400cm，构成一个50cm方形网格。这个立方体网格也成为了该博物馆陈列柜的网格。

该项目的结构工程师佐藤淳进行了一次压缩和弯曲试验，以测试该系统的强度，最后证实玩具机理也适用于“大”建筑。这座建筑表明，我们有可能通过自己的双手，像组装玩具等小物件一样，创造出一个宇宙。我们设计这个项目的愿望是：用机器制造建筑的时代成为过去，人类能够自己重新建造这些建筑。

This is architecture that originates from the system of Cidori, an old Japanese toy. Cidori is an assembly of wood sticks with joints having unique shape, which can be extended merely by twisting the sticks, without any nails or metal fittings. The tradition of this toy has been passed on in Hida Takayama, a small town in a mountain, where many skilled craftsmen still exist.

Cidori has a wood 12 mm square as its element, which for this building was transformed into different sizes. Parts are 60mm×60mm×200cm or 60mm×60mm×400cm, and form a grid of 50cm square. This cubic grid also becomes the grid on its own for the showcase in the museum.

Jun Sato, structural engineer for the project, conducted a compressive and flexure test to check the strength of this system, and verified that even the device of a toy could be adapted to ‘big’ buildings. This architecture shows the possibility of creating a universe by combining small units like toys with your own hands. We worked on the project in the hope that the era of machine-made architectures would be over, and human beings would build them again by themselves.