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ETHNIC FOOD KITHEN

PROLOGUE

In Ikebukuro, a city with many foreign workers, there are many ethnic restaurants. In ethnic restaurants, peo- ple recall a certain “place” through food. It can be said that ethnic cuisine has an aspect of transmitting “place” that goes beyond food. Therefore, I propose an ethnic kitchen to explore food as a commons.

DECONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF ETHNIC CUISINE

There are various types of ethnic cuisines. In recent years, with the development of social networking sites, “authenticity” is becoming more and more important in ethnic cuisine. However, the actual cuisine is defined by the ingredients and the cooking method, and there is a limit to the cooking method. Therefore, when we deconstructed the cooking process, we found that the heating process is the most important one. Therefore,

We decided to classify the world’s cuisines not by coun- try or region, but by heating method. Just as fire has created gatherings of people since ancient times, we hope that fire will create new communities of people in this project. In addition, we believe that the food pre- pared there will eventually be influenced by the cuisines of other countries and become international cuisine. Regarding the recent boom in international cuisine, ac- cording to (1), it can be said that it is a trend of ideo- logical support to break away from the illusory recogni- tion of nationalities. However, statelessness, which can be reached only at the end of the transmission of the identity of all people as an ethnic group, is very differ- ent from a society in which the identity of nationality is suppressed, even if it is the same in the sense that it is not bound to a single nationality, and it would be an attractive society.

CONSTRUCTING THE KITCHEN AS A SINGLE WORLD

Reconstructing the world’s cuisine in terms of process- es rather than actual geographical criteria is equivalent to creating a semantic world or city. In this project, the only thing that was decided was that one unit would be created for each heating place, but I could not find any basis for the decision beyond that. Therefore, the archi- pelago model was used in this project as the basis for the architectural decision, because the existing pillar grid was a factor, precisely because it was a renovation of a department store, and the places where people stay avoided the area around the pillars, and the space sur- rounded by pillars became one unit. However, more than such a rationale, the image of the world map held by ethnic cuisine led to the model of Archipelago.

Arata Isozaki is one of the architects who confronted the problem of the absence of a determinant basis for design. He began using the term “tentative form” after a conversation with Ignazi Sola-Morales in 1990, hav- ing developed it from his methodological theory in the 1970s. It is very interesting to note that he also used the

archipelago model in his Tentative Form, in which a one-time form was chosen depending on the situation at hand. In this project, the archipelagoes are connected by an infrastructure of water and fire (smoke), so it can be said that the method of generation is just like the city itself. Not only in this project, but also in architectur- al design, the criterion of judgment is always tentative, and therefore, the citation of the city as a tentative im- age in architectural design has been done since modern times. Therefore, the citation of the city as a tense im- age in architectural design has been done since modern times. As a sign of this, we can see many urban theories by architects as concept making.

ETHNIC FOOD KITCHEN

Returning to the description of the project, the place created by the counter and ducts is repeated, changing its form for each type of heating. At this point, there is a danger of uniformity in design and experience. In such a situation, Aureli describes the concept of enclave, re- ferring to the non-stop city. enclave is a means to break away from the uniformity of the space, and it also shares the same concept of landmarking. In this proj- ect, the decision was made to place the fire place on the periphery, with the exhaust ducts outside, and the more public units in the center. Here, by arranging the kitch- en as an enclave in addition to the tables, redundancy is ensured even within the grid arrangement. Through ethnic cuisine, the exploration of the rationale for de- sign in architecture is considered to be the outcome of this project.

DESIGN PURPOSE

Ethnic cuisines from around the world were catego- rized by heating method, and each cooking area was ar- ranged and designed. In addition, since the energy used for heating determines whether or not it can be reused, the color of the piping was changed for each type of en- ergy to create a space where the variations of the world’s cuisine can be visually recognized.

BILLBORD AGORA

RESERCH IN IKEBUKURO

I researched the Prohibition billboard and Behavior around Marui The prohibitions on activities in the park have been increasing every year, and more and more things cannot be done. There are patrols, with red sticks, restricting entry and fencing off the area. However, people find a comfortable place to sit and talk outside the fence or the boundary between the park and the street, and they do so only on the street without in the park. However, there is no exchange of opinions between local governments involving the patrol and the citizens. Thire is no exchange of opinions between
they look in different direction facing to without accepting them, and various activities have the billboard. Citizens have obeyed the government’s regulations without accepting them,and various activities have been restricted in the park. I think this is the lack of dialogue between the government and citizens. In order people to behave freely in the been restricted in the park.I think this is the lack of dialogue between the government and citizens.

PSHYCO DRAMA THERAPY

In order for people to behave freely in the park and street. We need to talk about the restrictions on activ- ities that are restricted in the park and on the street. On the meeting Citizens who have been restricted may agree with this, while those who feel it is annoying may oppose it. Then, the citizens and the government will realize that they have not been talking to each other.

I would like to create a space where behavior and ac- tion, and action and dialogue, can come closer together.

DEMOCRATIZING THE BILLBOARD MAKING PROCESSE

1st In order to know each other’s situations well, they can have psychodrama therapy. At the drama they change their own positions. Someone acts as a char- acter who opposes free activities and the other agrees with it. Acting out the opposite person’s position may give you a chance to think about their thought.

2nd they discuss the new rules making. They talk about how they can spend time comfortably.

3rd actually they try to make billboards with talking and talking. This is also the first step to get involved in pol- itics. Talking about the problem with them, they can think of their city.

So we arranged each place in a flow that circled the plan until we created the rules and put them together on a billboard. Here is the first point of contact for people who have something to complain about or an opinion to express, and here is the project base area that serves as a base from which both sides would gather. Next to it is a psychodrama theater on a lower level, where we can deepen the discussion and find a way out. This theater is also expected to be used specifically for discussion, like a courtroom.

And here is a place to design billboards, where design- ers join in to explore ways to spread rules that are not limited to signs. This is where the billboards are actual- ly produced, and this project includes not only making billboards but their actual installation. The space in the middle is a gallery for past billboard achievements and reviews of ongoing projects.

The aim of this project is to maximize a healthy social life for all people by involving the person concerned, from making the rules to publicizing the project.
This is Billboard Agora.

LABORERS & YATAI PORTS

DAVID HARVEY ‘REBEL CITIES’

Marxist social geographer David Harvey, in his book “Rebel Cities,” mainly discussed the factors of cities, precariat, and democratic anti-capitalism. He noted that cities are at the center of capital accumulation and are dominated by large financial companies and devel- opers. On the other hand, it is the people who actually make up urban life, and cities can also be the stage for revolutionary politics. He emphasized the importance of resistance to their right of access to the city in order to reconfigure cities in a more fair and social way.

“The important and ever-expanding labor of making and sustaining urban life is increasingly done by inse- cure, often part-time and disorganized low-paid labor. The so-called “precariat” has displaced the traditional “proletariat:’ If there is to be any revolutionary move- ment in our times, at least in our part of the world (as opposed to industrializing China), the problematic and disorganized “precariat” must be reckoned with. How such disparate groups may become self-organized into a revolutionary force is the big political problem. And part of the task is to understand the origins and nature of their cries and demands.”

RIGHT TO THE CITY

Cities have developed in a manner convenient for capi- tal accumulation. As seen in “global cities” and “creative cities,” most developments present visions that are seem- ingly attractive and acceptable to the public. However, these visions are used as a strategy in the competition of development. The development of a city always includes “growth and prosperity,” which is the premise of capital- ism. Mainly financiers and developers who profit from development occupy the discussion table and push de- velopment along with the government. In such a devel- opment process that lacks transparency, citizens’ voices are rarely considered. And the resulting cities further exclude the socially vulnerable, as seen in gentrification. Are these cities for the capitalists, not for the people?

There is also the question of what is the essence of what excluded people demand for cities. Harvey states that the “right to the city” is not only the freedom to change the city more as one wishes, but also the freedom to re- make oneself. He argues that this is one of the most pre- cious and yet most neglected of our human rights.

“The question of what kind of city we want cannot be divorced from the question of what kind of people we want to be, what kinds of social relations we seek, what relations to nature we cherish, what style of life we desire, what aesthetic values we hold.”

PRECARIAT

In recent years, the “gig economy,” a way of working in which one-time work is ordered via the Internet, has been expanding. Especially food delivery workers, rep- resented by Uber Eats, have no employer and individ- uals can freely obtain work with a single smartphone, and the number of such workers has increased rapidly as demand expands.

However, they also face problems such as harsh working conditions, unstable low wages, and weak safety nets. They are located at the end of the flow of people, goods, and money in the seemingly smartly controlled networked so- ciety, and are subject to unfair labor exploitation.

YATAI-HUB

They can be said to be today’s precariat, living mainly in metropolitan areas, fragmented, disorganized and fluid, having a diverse range of goals and needs. And these characteristics may make it difficult for them to collec- tivize and have a voice in the city. What problems do they face now, what do they want for the city, and what kind of people do they want to change themselves into? Their excluded demands can be an important critique of the problems immanent in urban daily life. And if these workers, now a disparate group, collectively raise their voices, they could be a major force in the remod- eling of the city.

Yatai is a kind of mobile food stall in Japan, that sell Jap- anese traditional foods such as ramen, yakitori, dango, and etc. Yatai have became part of Japanese economic life since Edo Period (1603-1868) and became more popu- lar after World War II. Nowadays, after Tokyo Olympics 1964, some of Yatai disappear because of the Govern- ment Regulations related to the health hygiene issue.

ANALYSIS

Yatai’s hub is designed in the first floor to respond peo- ple’s behavior in the surroundings, because Ikebukuro is an area in the middle of Tokyo that has a lot of tourists. As an international area, this place can be a great place to introduce Japanese Traditional food to the tourists. Since there are a lot of restaurants near the site, it also a great place for the deliverer to take a rest while. The be- havior of people who walking, talking, resting near the site can be found near the area that become an advan- tage for the site to attract people to come to the space.

SUGGESTION

Yatai is designed in the outer perimeter of the site and also in the sidewalk to create a connection between in- door and outdoor area. This method can attract more visitor to come to the hub.