Category: 建築
『侘び寂び：さらなる考察』において、レナード・コレンは、儚さ、不完全さ、そして抑制の中に美を見出す、捉えどころのない日本美学の探求をさらに深めます。哲学的な問いとデザインへの省察が交錯するこの思索的な書は、定義を超えて感覚へと踏み込み、使い込まれ、風化し、未完であるものがなぜこれほど深く美しく感じられるのか、より豊かな理解を提供します。
I picked this up expecting a dense academic tome, but it reads more like a conversation with a thoughtful friend, and that philosophical framing of imperfection stays with you long after you put it down. The way it draws a line between aesthetics and everyday restraint is what really stuck with me.
The second half, where Koren digs into restraint and imperfection as lived concepts rather than abstract ideals, hit me harder than the first book. It's a slim volume but dense enough that I kept pausing to reread passages.
The way Koren ties philosophical inquiry into architecture here is really thought-provoking, especially his take on restraint as a design principle. It’s a slim read but every page feels dense with meaning, and I found myself rereading whole sections.
