Sayama Forest Chapel, Saitama
An anti-earhquake structure of crisscrossing larchwood beams form an origami-like space that opens on to a forest through a series of large glazed openings.
An anti-earhquake structure of crisscrossing larchwood beams form an origami-like space that opens on to a forest through a series of large glazed openings.
Two spiral staircases that meet 15.26 m above the ground give shape to the chapel, used for weddings; the structure absorbs vertical loads through pillars 10 cm in diameter and compensate the lateral ones with the mutual pressures of both helicoids..