立命館大学理工学部建築都市デザイン学科2025年度 卒業設計展 On-Line Ritsumeikan University Department of Architecture & Urban Design Thesis Design On-Line Exhibition

C-harcoal C-rossing -炭とつくりだす里山へのみち- A passway back to Satoyama, through charcoal

河合瑞季 Mizuki Kawai

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日本全国で放置里山が増加している。室町時代より菊炭の生産を行ってきた兵庫県黒川では炭の需要減により産業が衰退した影響で里山が放置され始め、炭の生産農家は一軒のみとなり、地域の人々と炭との関係、里山との関係の希薄化が進んできた。本提案では集落から山へ続く道の上に”炭×市民”の場を創り出し、炭の生産と消費を行いながら人×人、人×炭の出会いを作ることで、里山の再生を目指す。

Across Japan, the number of abandoned satoyama woodlands has been increasing. In Kurokawa, Hyogo Prefecture—where Kikuzumi charcoal has been produced since the Muromachi period—the charcoal industry has declined due to reduced demand. As a result, the satoyama has begun to fall into neglect, leaving only a single charcoal-producing household, and the relationships between local people and charcoal, as well as between people and the satoyama, have steadily weakened. This proposal aims to revitalize the satoyama by creating a “Charcoal × Citizens” place along the path connecting the settlement and the mountains, where charcoal is both produced and consumed, fostering encounters between people and people, and between people and charcoal.