Temple M
Project info
Location: Tokyo, JAPAN
Area: 9,150 sq. ft
Project Type : Ossuary
Status: Proposed
The Buddhist temple M, which belongs to the Nichiren sect, has operated for almost 100 years. By dismantling this temple and its office, this project aims to establish a new building, which is composed of a main hall, multi-purpose halls, office, and an automated ossuary underground.
The symbolic meaning of the existing temple is inherited through a creation of the spacious and metallic roof/screen while the gentle and familiar scale is achieved through lowering the eaves. In order to preserve warmness of the existing wooden temple, cedar wooden structures are embedded between the roof and the concrete structure. By allowing these structures to be observable from eaves (specifically, Kohai) and an atrium of the entrance hall, the warmness can be enjoyed from a variety of spaces.
These approaches intend to suggest a new style of temple – a space that is bright and translucent, a spot that anyone would love to casually visit and meet their ancestors, and a place that functions as a heart of the community.
本プロジェクトは築100年近い日蓮宗の寺及び寺務所を解体し、新たに本堂、客殿、寺務所、自動搬送式の納骨堂をもつ建物を新築する計画である。既存寺のもつ象徴性を金属瓦の大らかな屋根／スクリーンで継承し、軒を低く抑えることで親しみのあるスケールを演出した。また、向拝をコンセプトとした軒下空調及び吹抜けをもつエントランスホールが温かみのある空間となるように屋根と躯体の隙間に杉材の木組みを挿入し、木造既存寺の温かみを継承した。明るく透明感のある空間とし、誰もが気楽にご先祖様に会いに行きたくなるような、開かれた新しいお寺の在り方を追求した。