Standardization
It is said that the greatest invention in human history in terms of standardization is the shipping container.
Perhaps it’s an exaggeration to say that capitalism and the free-market economy developed because of the invention of the container.
With the container, large transport ships, trains, and trucks can be loaded.
A similar concept existed in the Ginza Capsule Tower, designed by Kisho Kurokawa, but it didn’t develop, and it has now been demolished.
We are now attempting to develop container houses, loading them with various functions.
These containers will be transported to disaster prevention stations.
In reality, in Noto, disaster volunteers who came by car from all over the country gather at roadside stations.
However, roadside stations should originally be designed to function as disaster hubs.
I believe they are built to have electricity, water, and sewage available even during disasters.
But recently, many roadside stations seem to be thought of as just tourist drive-ins plus local agricultural product markets.
I want them to be built as impregnable strongholds for life, even in the event of an earthquake.
The time for peace is over.
I hope we can build a wartime economy and a wartime budget.
For that, I would even allow the issuance of disaster-related war bonds.
The country is taking the lead, but if it also invests money, the economy could gain momentum.
Japan thrived with post-war reconstruction, but after the Great East Japan Earthquake, money hasn’t flowed into the regions.
It seems like taxes and money are stagnating.
This time too, the country won’t provide money but will give instructions and rally the people.
It is true that it is a blessing to get official approval, even if that’s all.
A one-room container house would be used as a hotel or vacation home under normal circumstances, and then transported to disaster-stricken areas in emergencies.
Coin-operated laundromats, shops, and public restrooms would also be made inside containers.
In that case, capsule hotel units could have been transported to disaster areas too.
I was also called to the planning committee, but major construction companies were all present.
Construction companies set up temporary offices and toilets at construction sites.
They must be used extensively on a daily basis.
But have those facilities been repurposed for disaster sites?
If it’s a major general contractor, transporting containers should be possible.
Japan’s entire transportation infrastructure, government organizations, and political leadership are all set up for peacetime, without considering disaster response.
For large-scale disasters, the necessary standardization should be the rules for cooperation among local governments in times of disaster.
Both hardware and software require standardization.
Koyama G has ordered a large number of RVs.
Could someone make low-cost RVs that can carry containers?
I would like to request the company that developed the parcel delivery trucks.
And if possible, also vehicles for day service transportation.
With new project development capabilities, standardization will be achieved.
Could this be Project X?
I think it would be faster if the country funded the development costs.
Blood sugar 193. Unable to have a proper dinner, I collapsed into bed.
Late at night, I had root vegetable soup, yogurt, and sweets. The worst pattern continues.
I’m seriously considering buying Calorie Mate.
The freezing cold of midwinter is enjoyable, but I can’t get out of bed.
I remember doing rehabilitation exercises for bedridden elderly people, moving my hands and feet in bed.
The inventor was a doctor who specialized in home care.
Koyama G Representative, Thunderbird Representative, Vice President of Health Station
“Standing takes half a tatami mat, lying down takes one tatami mat. Freezing Nobunaga."
Yasunari Koyama