Fukushima Mon amour
Personal Info
Name: Karim LAHIANI
Nationality: French
Institution / Company: KARIM LAHIANI, PAYSAGISTE & URBANISTE
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-WINNER of Post-Nuclear Power Plant Competition
The Fukushima catastrophe has brought to the fore the main issue facing modern societies: our energy systems are no longer in line with both the living systems’ capacities to regenerate and to let terrestrial forces deploy their own energy without causing ecological disasters. Renewable or fossil energies only reinforce entropy and trauma, that is, the disappearance of the conditions of biological habitability of the Earth, because they deploy large quantities of energy too quickly. Addressing this “porn energy”, Fukushima Mon amour is an attempt to lay the basis for new energy relationships that question anew the sources and the nature of the systems used in domestic life, care ethics and production, as well as their anchoring in the realities of the territory. The project intends to rediscover Fudosei, the traditional Japanese way of life which gives more importance to living environments than to individual actions. Thus, the entities considered – earth, sun, wind and water (rivers, oceans) – make it possible to produce the resources transformed by machines without electricity through a paleo-energetic architectural approach. These new alliances aim to repair the territory (depermeabilization), at the same time as they are used for production (salt, wood, silk) and domestic life (daily tasks).
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Jury Comments
– Martin Ehn Hillberg
A fine-tuned and balanced proposal based on the place’s history and the cultural landscape. A tribute to traditional craftsmanship, using the energy of water, salt and wind and it stands strong in the future. Stunningly beautifully illustrated that reinforces the vision of reverent living through Fudosei.
– Anouk Legendre
Relevant transformation of a hard industrial site into a peaceful site.
