我在潮岛做了一个公共厕所，作为我这次来参加的濑户内艺术节项目的一部分。这个地方位于被称为 “Hishio-no-sato（酱油的故乡）”的地区，那里的前现代建筑的酱油制造仓库在日本是最多的。这些仓库被授权为注册的有形文化财产，那里的酱油仍然是用老式的配方制作的。传统小屋的框架和地板上的大杉木桶是特色场景。我决定使厕所适应这样的环境，并使它成为步行的起点，用弧形的表面隔开空间，就像传统小屋屋顶下的布一样柔和。
I made a public toilet at ShodoshimaIslandas a part of the project of Setouchi Art Festivalin which I came to participate from this time. The site is in the area called “Hishio-no-sato (Native place of sauce)” where pre-modern architecture of soy sauce making warehouse remains collectively most in Japan. These warehouses are authorized as registered tangible cultural property, where soy sauce has been made still in the old-fashioned formula.Framing of a traditional cabin and large cedar barrels on the floor are the characteristic scene. I decided to make the toilet adapted to such surroundings and make it be the starting point of a walk by partitioning the space with curved surfaces as softly as a cloth under a traditional cabin roof.
由于现场的情况，施工必须在大约两个月内完成。我试图缩短施工时间，用钢板制作弧形表面，在工厂制作的同时，在现场进行基础工程。
Due to circumstances on the site the construction had tobe completed in about two months. I tried to shorten the construction period by making the curved surfaces with steel plate and by, while making them at factory, proceeding with the foundation work at site at the same time.
我按照附近的房子采用了瓦片屋顶。事实上，我采用了烟熏瓦和马赛克图案的瓦片，因为这些瓦片由于标准化而相互兼容，我用FRP板做护墙板，使这里的光线就像阳光从树枝上照进来一样。
I adopted tile roofing following nearby houses. Actually Iroofed with smoked tiles and glass tilesin mosaic pattern as these are compatible with each other thanks to the standardization, and I usedFRP platesfor the sheathing to makethe place light as if sunlight came in through branches of trees.
白天，从外面看，烟熏瓦和玻璃瓦不容易区分，可能会被误认为与附近的老屋顶瓦片的不均匀性相同。但当夜幕降临，光线开始从内部泄漏时，这种差异就会清晰地显现出来。内部空间会给人一种沿着柔和的弧形表面行走时被引导的感觉。我想我已经意识到这样一个地方看起来比实际情况更宽敞，而且在放松的同时也是安全的。
The smokedtiles and glass tilescannot easily be distinguished, during the day, from outsideand may be mistaken for the same as the unevenness ofthe agedroof tiles of the neighborhood. But the difference appears clearly when night falls and light begins to leak from inside.The internal space will give feeling of being guided on while walking along the softly curved surface. I think Imay have realized such a place as looks more spacious than actually is and as being secured while being relieved.
Architects: Tato Architects
Year: 2013
photographs: Ken’ichi Suzuki
City：SANUKI
Country：Japan