Movable Shinto Shrine / Kikuma Watanaeb + D Environmental Design System Laboratory

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Movable Shinto Shrine  / Kikuma Watanaeb + D Environmental Design System Laboratory - Forest
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Text description provided by the architects. This is a self-built portable shrine in a depopulated village in the moutain region of Kochi in Japan. In 2015, the pre-existing shrine called Kanamine-jinja was deeply injured by a heavy typhoon that hit the village. The Kanamine Shinto shrine had two architectural components: one is the front shrine dedicated to worshipers while the other was the rear shrine, where main shrine was set.

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Cite: "Movable Shinto Shrine / Kikuma Watanaeb + D Environmental Design System Laboratory" 21 Jul 2017. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/875919/movable-shinto-shrine-kikuma-watanabe-plus-environmental-design-system-laboratory> ISSN 0719-8884

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