「ガーデン パビリオーネ」
3.11震災後、仮設住宅団地に建った「みんなの舞台」

震災から半年後、冬の始まりの季節に、宮城県南三陸町馬場中山漁村集落の契約会長くらさん、いちろうさんがおじゃこの場づくりの依頼のために、私たちを訪れてくれた。「仮設暮らしのばあさん達のために」という集落の人々を敬う彼らの温かい思いを受けた。その日から半年のお付き合いを経て、彼らの住まう仮設住宅団地に集いの場「ガーデンパビリオーネ」が実現した。この時間をかけて共に築いた「みんなの舞台」づくりのプロセスが、様々な人との繋がりを生んだ。

建設に当たって集められた「津波瓦礫」には、生き残った人々の明日へ向かう思いを紡ぎ合わせたものだ。震災という悲劇の記憶、故人を悼む気持ち、そして、未来へ継承していかなければいけない責任感など、様々な思いが込められた。 落成日、震災以来披露されることのなかった建前を祝う南三陸伝統の「謡」、おばあちゃん達による「海の唄」や踊りが起こった。今日、無名だった場所が、「パビリオーネ」という愛称をもって親しまれている。

「ガーデンパビリオーネ」は2012年のゴールデンウィークにMIT Japan 3.11 Initiativeチームと共に地元住民、国内から集まった社会人ボロンティア、企業団体、大学生など多くの人が力を合わせて築いた。

Various members of the team filmed the building process from start to finish, capturing the spirit of the Garden Pavilione. Below you can watch the entire story. Special thanks to documentary filmmaker Jake Price and MIT Master of Architecture (MArch) graduate Edrie Ortega for editing and producing the final video, and to MIT Art, Culture, and Technology (ACT) graduate YaeJin Shin for helping to jumpstart the process.

In addition, Jake joined the MIT Japan 3.11 Initiative in the construction and documentation of another Stage for All in Iriya, a neighboring community in Tohoku. Watch his poignant film here:

Learn more about these projects:

• Beyond 2020_nx: MIT Japan 3.11 Initiative’s Progress Report (2011-2014)
• Japan 3.11 Initiative

What would a Stage for All look like for you and your community? What are some examples of places or spaces that maintain collective memories? Submit your experiences through the contact page, Facebook, or with the hashtag #gardenpavilione. We will continue adding ideas as they come in.

The fishing villages of Baba-Nakayama in Minamisanriku, Miyagi-ken, whose homes and ports faced the Pacific, were some of the towns that suffere near total loss after 3.11. About 100 homes and 200 people overcame the tragedy and found a way to survive. Their fierce independence and sheer will are known locally by the expression “dokkoi ikiru,” or “whatever it takes to live.”

Lacking a common place to gather well after their resettlement into temporary housing units, the local community joined with a team of volunteers from the MIT Japan 3.11 Initiative to build a Stage for All / Minna no Butai, a place open to everyone. Also known as the Garden Pavilioné, the gathering space was built of tsunami debris: roof tiles from fallen houses, garden rocks, gravel used as weights for hatcheries, plants left behind in the gardens of homes now perished, bamboo from higher ground. People knew their previous owners, and so the debris incorporated into the project transformed it into a place of collective memory.

Various members of the team filmed the building process from start to finish, capturing the spirit of the Garden Pavilioné. Below you can watch the entire story. Special thanks to documentary filmmaker Jake Price and MIT Master of Architecture graduate Edrie Ortega for editing and producing the final video, and to MIT Art, Culture, and Technology graduate YaeJin Shin for helping to jumpstart the process.

In addition, Jake joined the MIT Japan 3.11 Initiative in the construction and documentation of another Stage for All in Iriya, a neighboring community in Tohoku. Watch his poignant film here:

Learn more about these projects:

• Beyond 2020_nx: MIT Japan 3.11 Initiative’s Progress Report (2011-2014)
• Japan 3.11 Initiative

What would a Stage for All look like for you and your community? What are some examples of places or spaces that maintain collective memories? Submit your experiences through the contact page, Facebook, or with the hashtag #gardenpavilione. We will continue adding ideas as they come in.