抄録
The focus of this paper is the Japanese modern architect, Yoshiro TANIGUCHI, who has left many writings about the term of “material”. I studied the meanings of the term, “material” in his writings and clarified how he interpreted the term of “material”.
The meanings of the term, “material” which TANIGUCHI intend, includes the concepts of both the matter and the mind. Both of these concepts are concerned with the problem in the beauty of climate, function, structure, economic efficiency, and workability.
Moreover, the concept of the mind is regarded as “a mind of research” and “a mind of design”.
