Almost every industry in the world has benefited from the invention of plastics, but it is only in the recent past that they have begun to be appreciated as architectural materials in their own right. Plastics are quickly becoming one of the most ubiquitous materials in construction and have the potential to reshape the roles of architects and engineers, as well as the construction industry at large. As a building material, plastic allows for easily molded and formed shapes, leading to increasingly malleable design processes. Despite being the most deeply engineered building materials today, plastics are still in the nascent stages of understanding in terms of their potential applications and uses. In Permanent Change an interdisciplinary group of architects, historians, theorists, and engineers collectively explore the past, present, and future possibilities of this innovative building material.

建築の固定概念を覆す本作は、プラスチックという変幻自在な素材を通じ、文明の「永続的な変化」を鋭く考察しています。単なる技術論に留まらず、素材が人間の思考や空間をどう再定義するかという哲学的な問いが、多角的な視点で綴られた知的なシンフォニーです。 映像版では、テキストが示す緻密な理論が圧倒的な視覚体験へと昇華され、流動的な造形美が鮮やかに補完されています。論理を深く掘り下げる書籍と、感性に直接訴えかける映像。この両輪を味わうことで、私たちの都市が持つ真の可能性が鮮烈に浮かび上がるはずです。その知的興奮を、ぜひ全身で体感してください。