David Rockwell: The hidden ways stairs shape your life
デイヴィッド・ロックウェル: 私たちの生活を形作る階段の隠れた役割
Architect David Rockwell draws on his love of drama and spectacle to create fantastic, high-impact restaurants, cultural facilities, airline terminals, theater sets -- and playgrounds. Full bio
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malleable physical elements
最も感情に影響を与えやすい
the Stairs]
to get from point A to point B
A地点からB地点に行く手段です
that you walk on.
that separates the two treads.
隔てる垂直の板です
that create a kind of edge.
「段鼻」がついています
is a stringer.
「側桁（がわげた）」です
make up all stairs.
全ての階段はできています
from the first time someone said,
多分 誰かが言ったのでしょう
from the lower rock."
この高い岩に登りたい」と
using whatever was available:
何でも使って登りました
はしごや
that were worn over time.
自然道など
like the pyramids in Chichén Itzá
中国の泰山を登る道にあるような
to a higher elevation,
for worship or for protection.
so has what's practical.
実用性も進歩しました
from all kinds of material.
作ることができ
there are spiraled stairs.
螺旋階段もあり
they can be outdoors.
作ることができます
in and of themselves.
アートの一様式でもあります
our feeling, our safety
歩調、感情、安全を左右し
with the space around us.
関係性や関わり方に影響します
a gradual, monumental staircase
ニューヨーク公共図書館にあるような
of the New York Public Library.
下りる様を想像して下さい
and all the people around you,
because the tread is so wide.
ゆっくりでしっかりとしたものになります
to, say, an old pub,
古いパブのような空間に
全く異なります
so you move more quickly.
歩調も急になります
もたらしてくれます
signaled a grand entrance
経験を際立たせつつ
after September 11th
世界貿易センターへの攻撃に
(生存者たちの階段)」と呼ばれました
in leading hundreds of people to safety.
主要経路の役割を果たしたからです
can have a huge impact, too.
大きな効果を持つことがあります
that invites neighbors to gather,
近所の人たちが集まり
街の動きを眺める場所です
wanting to hang out on the stairs.
私は非常に興味をそそられます
a deeply human need we have
空間にいたいと願う
more than just on the ground plane.
階段が満たしているのだと思います
halfway up there,
腰掛けることができたら
魔法の場所なのです
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Rockwell - Architect, experience designerArchitect David Rockwell draws on his love of drama and spectacle to create fantastic, high-impact restaurants, cultural facilities, airline terminals, theater sets -- and playgrounds.
Why you should listen
David Rockwell, FAIA, is the Founder and President of Rockwell Group, an award-winning, cross-disciplinary architecture and design practice based in New York City with a satellite office in Madrid. The firm crafts a unique narrative for each project through the intersection of theater and architecture.
Projects include Nobu restaurants and hotels worldwide; The New York EDITION; the Union Square Cafe (New York); NeueHouse (New York and Los Angeles); the TED Theater (Vancouver); W Hotels worldwide; 15 Hudson Yards and The Shed in collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro; the Imagination Playground initiative; and set designs for Falsettos, She Loves Me and Kinky Boots. From surface and floor coverings for Maya Romanoff, The Rug Company and Jim Thompson, to lighting for Rich Brilliant Willing, to furniture for Stellar Works and Knoll, the firm celebrates product design as a natural extension of its immersive environments.
Honors and recognition include 2016 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Scenic Design for She Loves Me; the AIANY President’s Award; Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award; the Presidential Design Award; Fast Company's World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies; the James Beard Foundation Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America; and the Interior Design Hall of Fame. Rockwell serves on the boards of the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA), Citymeals-on-Wheels, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum and New York Restoration Project. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
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