現場に行く車の中、FMラジオからは、震災20年のエピソードが多く流れる。

あれから２０年。

大学寮の２段ベッドであの朝を迎え、とにかく無力感しか感じなかった記憶がある。

大学卒業後、しぶとく建築を志し、紆余曲折あったが、今こうやって建築の仕事をさせていただいている。

昭和35年竣工、２６戸のなかなか味のある木造賃貸での大阪市耐震診断・改修補助事業工事。

当然のように耐震性は良くはなく、耐震診断、耐震設計の上、ようやく耐震改修工事に着手。

今日は、耐震壁を有効なものにするための基礎工事もほぼ完了し、来週からの耐震壁工事に向けての解体工事の確認。

規模も大きく、竣工年が古く、集合住宅であるが故、施工箇所を絞り、耐震設計、施工を進めている。

多分、古い建築は山のようにあるんだと思うけれど、その古い建築を地震に強い建築にするため、

ひとつひとつ、こつこつと、これからも続けてゆきたいと思う。

As I drive to the scene, the FM radio plays many episodes from the 20th anniversary of the earthquake. 20 years have passed since then. I remember waking up that morning in my bunk bed in the university dormitory and feeling nothing but helplessness. After graduating from university, I persistently decided to pursue a career in architecture, and after many ups and downs, I am now working in architecture. Completed in 1960, Osaka city seismic diagnosis and renovation subsidy project was carried out on a very nice wooden rental building with 26 units. Naturally, the building’s earthquake resistance was not good, and after conducting an earthquake resistance diagnosis and designing it, we finally began seismic retrofitting work. Today, the foundation work to make the earthquake-resistant wall effective is almost completed, and we will confirm the demolition work in preparation for the earthquake-resistant wall construction from next week. Because the building is large in size, was completed a long time ago, and is a residential complex, we have narrowed down the construction areas and are proceeding with earthquake-resistant design and construction. I think there are probably mountains of old buildings, but in order to make those old buildings strong against earthquakes, I would like to continue doing this one step at a time.