Thesis Book - Seeds of Hope

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BUILDING TYPE CULTURE CENTER/GARDEN STUDIO
NAME PORTLAND JAPANESE CULTURAL VILLAGE
ARCHITECT KENGO KUMA & ASSOCIATES
LOCATION PORTLAND, UNITED STATES
YEAR 2017
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
At Portland Japanese Garden, designed by professor Takuma
Tono in 1967, the new Cultural Village connects a sequence of
buildings to offer a complete and uninterrupted journey from
the city to the top of the hill. The ensemble includes the
first pavilion of access and three modest, human-scale buildings
arranged around a courtyard plaza, whose fourth side opens up
to the views of the landscape. The project reinterprets the
traditional concept of monzenmachi, or city that grows around the
gate to a sacred place, wherein the pilgrimage pays homage to the
spirit of nature.
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