Sayama Forest Chapel / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

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Text description provided by the architects. Sayama Lakeside Cemetery is open to various religions and denominations.  It is located in a nature-rich environment adjacent to the water conservation forest, and the site itself is in front of a deep forest. I envisioned an architecture that reflects on the way of life as it lives by the water conserved by the forest, and eventually returns to this place after death.  Thereupon, I found the forest to be the subject of prayer that is mutual to various religions and conceptualized an architecture that prays to the forest while surrounded by trees.

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Cite: "Sayama Forest Chapel / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP" 24 Aug 2016. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/794003/sayama-forest-chapel-hiroshi-nakamura-and-nap> ISSN 0719-8884

© Koji Fujii / Nacasa & Partners Inc.

狭山森林教堂 / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

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