シンガポールを拠点に活動するアトリエ・ホコ（Atelier HOKO）が手がける出版シリーズ『Science of the Secondary』。本シリーズは、りんごやコップ、時計といった、私たちの日常生活に存在するごく身近な事物や現象に焦点を当て、人間とそれらとの関係性を細やかに観察し、探求するプロジェクトです。第15号のテーマは「床」。日本語訳冊子が付属します。

アトリエ・ホコ（Atelier HOKO）
人と物、そして空間がばらばらになりつつある現状を研究するインディペンデントのリサーチラボ。知らないことを「知らない」と理解する技術や寛容さを人びとの中に育み、新しい見方で現実に向き合うことで、日常におけるあらゆる現象に対してより高い好奇心を呼び起こすことを目標にしています。シンガポールを拠点に、アルヴィン・ホー（Alvin Ho）とクララ・コー（Clara Koh）により2002年に設立されました。

“Very few things in our everyday thrive by doing absolutely nothing. The floor might just be a rare exception; devoid of any vitality or ambition—characteristics at odds with a society obsessed with progress—it remains unapologetically passive. Yet, despite its unyielding commitment to inertia, the floor remains largely ignored and relegated to the background. One would think that its sheer size alone, comparable to that of the lesser tamed ground that we trample upon outdoors, ought to make it a subject of wide interest. As the only building element that we physically contact with the most, our expectations of the floor are disappointingly pragmatic; it should not shake, give way, or tilt. Mostly, it should be flat as we all know of those amongst us, who descend into melodramatic despair each time they encounter an uneven floor, though the rationale behind such obsession with flat-ness is beyond us here...”

‘Science of the Secondary: Floor’ is the fifteenth edition in the series of ongoing research conceived and developed by Atelier HOKO.

The publication series Science of the Secondary is produced by the Singapore-based Atelier HOKO. This series is a project that focuses on the highly familiar objects and phenomena present in our daily lives—such as an apple, a cup, or a clock—closely observing and exploring the relationships between humans and these subjects.

Atelier HOKO (2002) is an independent creative practice that focuses on the study of the growing disengagement between people, things and space. The atelier hopes to cultivate in people, an open-ness and ability to un-know, bringing about a heightened curiosity towards all phenomena by taking a fresh look at reality. Founded by Alvin Ho and Clara Koh.