Studio Japan in Yusuharaza /Natural Disaster Inspired Art and Theater “Zone of the Unsaid”
University of Western Australia × Kyushu University
November 23-25, 2025
西オーストラリア大学建築学科の学生たちは、日本において災害と建築の関係を学ぶ研修「Studio Japan」に参加しました。約三週間にわたり、東日本大震災、神戸大震災、能登半島地震の被災地調査や、日本の伝統的な木造建築技法(茅葺や板倉など)を学びました。最後の行程となる梼原町（高知県）において、これまでの経験をもとに演劇制作に取り組みました。木造芝居小屋「ゆすはら座」で、演劇作品 “Zone of the Unsaid” (言葉にならないところ)を上演しました。
Students from the University of Western Australia’s in the Discipline of Architecture participated in “Studio Japan,” a training program in Japan to study the relationship between disasters and architecture. Over approximately three weeks, they conducted field surveys of disaster-affected areas from the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, and the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, and learned traditional Japanese timber construction techniques (such as thatched roofs and Itakura). In the final leg of their journey in Yusuhara Town (Kochi Prefecture), they undertook a theatrical production based on their experiences. They performed the “Zone of the Unsaid” at the wooden theater “Yusuhara-za.”
〈University of Western Australia〉
Rosangela Tenorio, Student in the Discipline of Architecture
〈Kyushu University〉
Martins Zarins, Mikako Tomotari
〈Special Thanks〉
Megumi Oku, Ushijima Jo
Video: Mikako Tomotari
Supervisors: Rosangela Tenorio, Mikako Tomotari
Director: Martins Zarins