Det­ta­glio del pro­get­to ed. 2016

sho­­nan-chri­­st-church / Take­shi Hosa­ka architects

Pro­get­ti­sta  Take­shi Hosaka
Loca­tion  Tsu­ji­do Higashikaigan2-12–36,Fujisawa,Kanagawa,JAPAN
Desi­gn Team  

Take­shi Hosa­ka / Take­shi Hosa­ka architects
Megu­mi Hosa­ka / Take­shi Hosa­ka architects

Anno  2014
Cre­di­ti Fotografici  

Koji Fujii Nacasa&Partners Inc

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Descri­zio­ne del progetto

A pro­te­stant church stands at a rich green resi­den­tial area which is 10-minu­­tes away from Sho­nan beach on foot. The cha­pel of the 50-year old church beca­me too small and it was the­re­fo­re deci­ded that a new church would be con­struc­ted on a dif­fe­rent site. Church autho­ri­ties said that the pas­sa­ges of the Bible are read and heard in ser­vi­ce. The­re­fo­re, “We wish to have a cha­pel appro­pria­te to give prai­se to the Lord. 

*Six roofs
The archi­tec­tu­ral desi­gn was a one-sto­­ried buil­ding with a restrai­ned height so that it could har­mo­ni­ze in a low-rise resi­den­tial area. It was aimed at crea­ting a spa­ce appro­pria­te to prayer and wor­ship with the six cur­ved sur­fa­ced roofs at dif­fe­rent heights. This allo­ws natu­ral light to pour down from the cei­ling. It con­veys the mes­sa­ge that six roofs repre­sent the six days of Crea­tion in the Bible gene­sis and Mass cele­bra­tes the seventh day.

Direct sun­light / indi­rect light
Direct sun­light and indi­rect light are regu­la­ted depen­ding on the time of the day.
At the time of ser­vi­ce the­re was no direct expo­su­re to sun­light, whe­reas the rest of the time the­re was. The­re­fo­re, this con­struc­tion was desi­gned to recei­ve an appro­pria­te amount of indi­rect light during ser­vi­ce time. So, light was simu­la­ted using com­pu­ter soft­ware at inter­vals of 30 minu­tes on the desi­gned days during 12 mon­ths and mani­pu­la­ted depen­ding on the time of the day. The­re would be a spa­ce under a soft light at the time of ser­vi­ce throu­ghout the year. Towards the end of the ser­vi­ce, direct sun­light begins to draw a ray of light on the wall sur­fa­ce. In the after­noon the­re is only one line of direct sun­light, and around 3 o’clock light comes in like a sho­wer, crea­ting a dyna­mic environment. 

* Ribs of sound and light
Une­ven lon­gi­tu­di­nal ribs were car­ved at a ran­dom rhy­thm on the expo­sed RC con­cre­te wall of the cha­pel, and dark gray acou­stic boards were pla­ced bet­ween the ribs. A solu­tion to the requi­re­ment was rea­ched by achie­ving balan­ce. This was pos­si­ble using con­ca­ve acoust

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