Ribbon Chapel in Fukuyama, Hiroshima
Hiroshi Namakura & NAP- Typologies Chapel Religious / Memorial Place of worship
- Date 2013
- City Hiroshima
- Country Japan
- Photographer Koji Fujii Nacasa & Partners
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... [+]
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Ribbon Chapel, Hiroshima (Japan)
Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Arquitectos Architects
Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Arquitecto Asociado Associated Architect
Ikuhide SHIBATA / Arup
Cliente Client
Tsuneishi Holdings Corporation
Contratista Contractor
Kiyoshi HIGAKI / P.S. Mitsubishi Construction
Fotografía Photography
Koji Fuji / Nacasa & Partners Inc.