Plan for the temple?s main building to connect the sky and a town. The site is located in an old town in Minami-ku Nagoya city, where the traces of a shopping street still remained. Keeping the temple?s traditions in mind, we designed the temple aiming to construct a multipurpose space to attract people, and perform as a public space in the town.

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Architects: Mamiya Shinichi Design Studio

Location: Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Architect In Charge: Shinichi Mamiya

Area: 493.39 sqm

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano

Structural Engineer : Atsushi Fujio / Fujio and Associates

Site Area : 520.41m2
Building Area : 261.94m2

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From the architect. Plan for the temple?s main building to connect the sky and a town. The site is located in an old town in Minami-ku Nagoya city, where the traces of a shopping street still remained. Keeping the temple?s traditions in mind, we designed the temple aiming to construct a multipurpose space to attract people, and perform as a public space in the town.

© Toshiyuki Yano

The construction was planned with the following considerations:
Firstly, two pillars as the building?s frames were likened to temple gates, and divide the building east and west by diagonally connecting 3.6m-h...