Bathhouse of Fireflies by Takasaki Architects
From the Architect Just after the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, I visited Minamisoma-shi, one of the city suffered from a massive earthquake, a giant tsunami and the nuclear disaster of[...]
© Sakaguchi Hiroyasu
From the Architect
Just after the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, I visited Minamisoma-shi, one of the city suffered from a massive earthquake, a giant tsunami and the nuclear disaster of Fukushima dai-ichi that Japanese had never experienced before, in order to face the actual situation and atmosphere of the site. I then decided to live under the same roof with the sufferers in the evacuation site within a range of 23km from the nuclear plant, and made and donated the dwellings and the gathering spaces to them.
When we had a tea ceremony in the gathering space, those who had locked themselves in the evacuation room dressed up in their best clothes of what they had and participated the ceremony. I learnt a lot from the scene that they cried without any inhibition and rejoiced with each other as if their heart were melted by the warmth of tea which evokes their usual life. Therefore I realized the importance of creating the architectures connote ?a new heart of Japan? and ?a new heart of the world?; the concept I conceived from a study about the regional tradition, mental and spiritual culture based on the theme of ?having a close dialogue with oneself and retaining the dignity of man? and ?maintaining the continuity of life and strengthening the interpersonal bonds amongst...
© Sakaguchi Hiroyasu
From the Architect
Just after the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, I visited Minamisoma-shi, one of the city suffered from a massive earthquake, a giant tsunami and the nuclear disaster of Fukushima dai-ichi that Japanese had never experienced before, in order to face the actual situation and atmosphere of the site. I then decided to live under the same roof with the sufferers in the evacuation site within a range of 23km from the nuclear plant, and made and donated the dwellings and the gathering spaces to them.
When we had a tea ceremony in the gathering space, those who had locked themselves in the evacuation room dressed up in their best clothes of what they had and participated the ceremony. I learnt a lot from the scene that they cried without any inhibition and rejoiced with each other as if their heart were melted by the warmth of tea which evokes their usual life. Therefore I realized the importance of creating the architectures connote ?a new heart of Japan? and ?a new heart of the world?; the concept I conceived from a study about the regional tradition, mental and spiritual culture based on the theme of ?having a close dialogue with oneself and retaining the dignity of man? and ?maintaining the continuity of life and strengthening the interpersonal bonds amongst...
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