Hace unos días, los colegas de ICOMOS y DOCOMOMO Japón lanzaron una alerta por la demolición de un inmueble emblemático de arquitectura moderna: Administration
building of the Izumo Taisha. Solicitaron apoyo internacional emitiendo cartas de especialistas que apoyen su conservación, a continuación trasnscribimos la carta del Dr. Enrique de Anda, en su calidad de especialista en el tema:
(Rev.) Takamasa Senge,
Izumo Grand Shrine
195 Kitsukihigashi
Taisha-machi
Izumo-shi
Shimane-ken
699-0701 Japan
Hiromasa Yonekura,
Chairman, the Service Assosiation of the Great Repairs of Izumo Grand Shrine
195 Kitsukihigashi
Taisha-machi
Izumo-shi
Shimane-ken
699-0701 Japan
Dear (Rev.) Takamasa Senge, Izumo Grand Shrine.
I am Enrique X. de Anda Alanis, head of the Mexican 20th
Committee for Modern Architecture,Vice
President for Latin America of the ISC 20C of International ICOMOS. PhD in History
of Art, specialist in modern architecture of 20th century, full time
academic at the National University of Mexico. I am respectfully writing to you
on behalf of Latin American professional defenders of the modern architectural
legacy.
The purpose of this letter is to request that the “Administration building of the Izumo Taisha
Shrine” be granted another opportunity of not being demolished. My
rationale is as follows:
1.
Japan, as well as
Latin America, had a huge modern architecture development in the post second
world war period.
2.
Japan in
particular attracted the attention of the world in the sixties due to the
appearance of the young generation of architects lead by Kenzo Tange and
Kiyonori Kikutake, author of the building in question.
3.
This building in
particular express two characteristics of the Japanese architectural culture of
the sixties: the image of the old traditional architecture as a new point of development,
and new ways in the use of concrete, in particular, post-tensioned concrete ridge beams, which is one of the
reasons for the current damages to the building.
4.
My suggestion is
to give the building another opportunity while the Japanese tecnicions asks the
world for technical opinions in order to save the structure. If humankind was
able to save the Abu-Simbel complex by moving a mountain, why can’t we save this concrete
structure with the knowledge of the XXI century? Mexican engineering invented a
system to avoid the sinking of the Mexican Cathedral, a XVIII century building,
I believe that we may have an opinion.
5.
To continue with the
demolition could mean admiting a failure before the world could give an
opinion.
6.
I am basing my
opinion in my own criteria as well as on the opinions of ICOMOS-Japan Docomomo
Japan, (that selected the building as one of the 100 most important modern
buildings in Japan), and the SAH, among others international organizations.
Sincerely
Enrique
X. de Anda A.
Vice President for
Latin America of the ISC 20C
Chairman of Mexican 20th
Century Architecture
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