MDSKiyotoshi Mori + Natsuko Kawamura

Renovation of a Zen temple built in the early 17th century. In the 21st century, the temple was rebuilt with a reduction of the building's size. As a symbol of this turning point in its long history, the “hanare” (a detached room), at the end of the addition, floats like an “andon” (a traditional paper‐framed lamp) in the evening darkness. The temple was reborn with the appearance of the existing building as it is, by organizing flow lines in the precincts where public and private activities are mixed, by taking in the scenery of the quiet bank at the back of itself, which until now had been closed off and could not be viewed, and by creating a varied space in a one-story by having “doma” (a space for underfoot use. In Japan, customary to remove shoes indoors) leads from the entranceway.