大河内研究室では2023年11月4日（土）~5日（日）の2日間，横須賀美術館で開催されるイベント『koyart～小屋とアートと地域の新鮮野菜に出会う～』に学生が主体でデザイン，製作した野菜の無人販売所を出展した。本年で3回目の出展である。
木の古材を再利用してつくる野菜の無人販売所。一度廃棄された木材が農家と地域の人々をつなぐ小さな建築として生まれ変わる。この販売所は展覧会終了後に，三浦半島中央部の丘陵地帯の里山にある小さな農家さんに引き取られ，独立したばかりの若い女性農園家によって運営される。古材の再利用は持続可能な農業を標榜し，エコロジカルな無農薬有機栽培に取り組む農家さんの理念とも合致する。その農園の母屋北側の狭い道路に面する一角に設置場所があり，背後には農園の果樹園や竹林の鬱蒼とした木々が広がっている。古材を林立させたかたちは，周囲の風景と違和感なく馴染み，背景の木々と呼応するだろう。
解体された建築の外装材を収集し，適当な長さにランダムに切断し，平行に配置する。それらの板の隙間に野菜の陳列棚を掛け渡したシンプルな構成。屋外の環境に長時間さらされながらも野菜の鮮度を保つために，どの棚にも直射日光が当たらないように日射シミュレーションを行って，側板の間隔と棚板の位置を決めている。
The Okochi Laboratory exhibited an unmanned vegetable kiosk—designed and built primarily by students—at the event “koyart: Encountering Cabins, Art, and Fresh Local Vegetables,” held at the Yokosuka Museum of Art over two days, Saturday, November 4, and Sunday, November 5, 2023. This marked the laboratory’s third consecutive year of participation.
The unmanned vegetable kiosk is constructed using reclaimed wood. Timber that was once destined for the trash is reborn as a small structure that connects farmers with local residents. After the exhibition ends, this kiosk will be taken in by a small farm located in the satoyama hills of central Miura Peninsula, where it will be operated by a young female farmer who has just started her own business. The reuse of reclaimed wood aligns with the philosophy of the farmer, who advocates for sustainable agriculture and practices ecological, pesticide-free organic farming. The kiosk will be installed on a corner facing a narrow road north of the farmhouse, with the farm’s orchard and dense bamboo grove stretching out behind it. The structure, formed by a cluster of reclaimed wood, will blend seamlessly into the surrounding landscape and harmonize with the trees in the background.
We collected exterior cladding materials from a demolished building, cut them to random lengths, and arranged them in parallel rows. The design is simple: vegetable display shelves are suspended across the gaps between these boards. To preserve the freshness of the vegetables despite prolonged exposure to the outdoor environment, we conducted solar radiation simulations to ensure that direct sunlight does not hit any of the shelves, and based on these results, we determined the spacing between the side panels and the position of the shelf boards.
農園での様子／Scenes from the Farm
