100 Years of Yokohama City Public Architecture (100th Anniversary Magazine)

Last update date July 27, 2023

Title

　In 1922 (Daisho 11), a building section was established in the administrative organization of Yokohama City, which is responsible for the maintenance of public buildings such as government buildings and schools.

We celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2022(4).

　I would like to take this opportunity to look back on the history of public buildings so far and to connect our efforts to the future.

In fiscal 2022, we carried out the "Yokohama City Public Building 100th Anniversary Project" with many stakeholders.

　A commemorative magazine that introduces the activities of the past 100 years and the contents of the 100th anniversary project

We have created "100 years of Yokohama City Public Architecture-It's like Yokohama."

100 years (lump-sum version) of Yokohama-shi public architecture (PDF: 38,731KB)

100 years of Yokohama City Public Building (Batch Spread Version) (PDF: 38,130KB)

Introduction Appendix (Public Building Chronology / Organization Change) (PDF: 1,993KB)

　※　There is no plan to sell the booklet, but lending and reading at the city library and citizen information center (city hall the third floor) is possible. Please check the holding status of each library.

Summary version

100 years of Yokohama City Public Building (Summary Version) (PDF: 5,527KB)

Outline of the commemorative magazine

　This magazine contains many familiar facilities so that anyone can read easily.
　In addition, technical content is also posted, and it is highly readable for people involved in architecture and students who want to build.

　Lectures by Hiroshi Naito, symposiums by Kyoko Yamaya, Masao Koizumi, Kumiko Inui, and Taro Igarashi, as well as interviews with famous architects such as Kengo Kuma and Toyoo Ito!

Outline of each chapter

Chapter 1 Door Painting
Chapter 1 “The Beginning of Yokohama City Public Architecture”

Chapter 1 “The Beginning of Yokohama City Public Architecture”

　It follows the history of the opening of the organization and the turbulent era of the Architecture Division, which played a central role in reconstruction projects following the Great Kanto Earthquake, and the history of Akarengasoko.

Chapter 2 Door Painting
Chapter 2 “100 Years of Yokohama City Public Architecture”

Chapter 2 “100 Years of Yokohama City Public Architecture”

　Public buildings are broadly divided into three categories: "Government buildings", "schools", and "housing", and initiatives that have responded to the waves of many eras, such as earthquakes, war disasters, and high economic growth period, and buildings that have been maintained in each era are introduced.

Chapter 3 Door Painting
Chapter 3 “Public Building Representing Yokohama”

Chapter 3 “Public Building Representing Yokohama”

　It features 24 representative facilities and interviews with famous architects such as Kengo Kuma and Toyoo Ito, as well as an overview of 100 facilities.

Chapter 4 Door Painting
Chapter 4 “100th Anniversary Project”

Chapter 4 “100th Anniversary Project”

　This page introduces the 100th anniversary project that was implemented last year. The contents of the design competition, lectures by Hiroshi Naito, and symposiums by Kyoko Yamaya, Masao Koizumi, Kumiko Inui, and Taro Igarashi.