Baisoin Temple

Kengo Kuma and AssociatesTokyo, Japan2003

Built 360 years ago, Baisoin Buddhist Temple is one of the oldest temples in Tokyo. In the old days temples and churches acted as community centers and as foci for all kinds of cultural activities in the city. The goal of this project was to give back temples their lost status as focal points and as institutions open to citizens.A slanted black wall covered with deep-ribbed metal louvers is a contemporary edition of the tile roof that used to symbolize the temple. The metal louvers appear t

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