Waseda Jizo Bodhisattva
Project info
Location: Tokyo, JAPAN
Site Area: 745 sq. ft
Project Type: Religious / Community space
Status: On-going
The Child Rearing Jizo has been recognized as a symbol of Waseda district for approximately 300 years. Through its overall reformulation, in addition to expansion of its event space, we aimed to create a space that would serve as the core of the local community.
Highlighting its historical contexts, we restructured fragmentary elements caused by repeated ad hoc expansions in the past. Meanwhile, we provided a space filled with fresh air, brightness, and openness via dismantling walls that used to surround the site with a closed impression. In order to unite upper and lower levels which had been segregated, we also designed a grand staircase that would serve to stimulate a variety of activities. Through iterated discussions with local residents, we sought to suggest an optimal scheme for how post-pandemic outdoor space and its surrounding community need to be so that the site would be treasured for a long time.
約300年にわたり早稲田のシンボルとして多くの人に親しまれる子育地蔵を再編成し、イベントスペースを拡張することで地域コミュニティの核となる空間を目指した。
度重なる増改築により断片的に散在する要素を歴史的コンテクストを軸に整理するとともに、閉鎖的な印象を与えていた塀を解体し、風通しの良い明るく開放的な空間とした。また、これまで分断されていた上段と下段を一体的に利用出来るように、様々なアクティビティを誘発する大階段を計画した。住民との議論を通じて、数十年後、数百年後にも親しまれるポストパンデミックにあるべき新しい屋外スペース及びそれを支えるコミュニティの在り方を追求した。
Location: Tokyo, JAPAN
Site Area: 745 sq. ft
Project Type: Religious / Community space
Status: On-going
The Child Rearing Jizo has been recognized as a symbol of Waseda district for approximately 300 years. Through its overall reformulation, in addition to expansion of its event space, we aimed to create a space that would serve as the core of the local community.
Highlighting its historical contexts, we restructured fragmentary elements caused by repeated ad hoc expansions in the past. Meanwhile, we provided a space filled with fresh air, brightness, and openness via dismantling walls that used to surround the site with a closed impression. In order to unite upper and lower levels which had been segregated, we also designed a grand staircase that would serve to stimulate a variety of activities. Through iterated discussions with local residents, we sought to suggest an optimal scheme for how post-pandemic outdoor space and its surrounding community need to be so that the site would be treasured for a long time.
約300年にわたり早稲田のシンボルとして多くの人に親しまれる子育地蔵を再編成し、イベントスペースを拡張することで地域コミュニティの核となる空間を目指した。
度重なる増改築により断片的に散在する要素を歴史的コンテクストを軸に整理するとともに、閉鎖的な印象を与えていた塀を解体し、風通しの良い明るく開放的な空間とした。また、これまで分断されていた上段と下段を一体的に利用出来るように、様々なアクティビティを誘発する大階段を計画した。住民との議論を通じて、数十年後、数百年後にも親しまれるポストパンデミックにあるべき新しい屋外スペース及びそれを支えるコミュニティの在り方を追求した。