ブックタイトル「近代の文化遺産の保存理念と修復理念」英語版

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「近代の文化遺産の保存理念と修復理念」英語版

53follow preservation principles, before pursuingefficiency in introduction of contemporaryfacilities.3. Facing New Developments in RestorationWhen Important Cultural Properties arerestored through funding from the nationalgovernment, the project is designed andsupervised by specialists approved by theAgency for Cultural Affairs. These specialistsare called “chief conservators for restoration ofcultural property structures” (“chief conservators”from hereon)11). They first survey the structureto undergo restoration and then based on theseresults, go through the process of establishinga preservation approach together with all thoseinvolved. They will then design and supervisethe restoration site, and once the restoration hasbeen completed, details of the entire project isrecorded and published as an official restorationreport.　As this chief conservator will be responsiblefor execution of the project based onpreservation principles and methods, theirrole is not confined to architectural practice atthe restoration site. They are also responsiblefor assuring the quality of and direction to betaken in the preservation project of this culturalproperty. They thus hold the key to this entireproject. Since the mid 1960s, when Japanesemodern architecture first emerged as objectsto be restored, various conditions that differedfrom traditional building restoration had to bedealt with. I’d like to conclude this paper byreferring to the roles of the chief conservatorfor summarizing the present status and theissues we face, as we approach a new stagein the development of restoration of modernarchitecture and modern heritage properties.Role of the Chief ConservatorAs the ratio in the total number of restorationprojects rises for modern architecture andmodern heritage properties, conditionssurrounding the chief conservator havechanged greatly. Items to be dealt withthrough the restoration process has certainlyincreased including new structures, interiorand exterior finishes unseen in traditionalJapanese architecture, characteristic structuralreinforcement for seismic protection,introduction of various facilities necessary foradaptive use, as well as new construction ofsubsidiary facilities. This altogether suggests thatthe amount of work required for handling thesteps from initial surveys to designing has grownexponentially.　Cooperation among Different Fields andEstablishment of New Systems.　This also means that the role expected of thechief conservator exceeds the boundaries ofknowledge accumulated through experiences inrestoration of traditional Japanese architecture.It is now necessary to gather knowledgeand restoration techniques required for newstructures as well as interior and exterior finishes.Cooperation of specialists among the differentfields involved in adaptive use and seismicanalysis is essential and the chief conservatorwill need to be in charge of coordinating suchsupporting professionals to realize the project. Acommon reliable principle among those involvedwill be indispensable and actual methodsfollowing this approach will have to be derived.Reconsideration of the present preservationsystem, taking into account this great change inthe role of the chief conservator, including theirfuture status in restoration, is now an urgentissue.