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Building Name INUJIMA ART PROJECT
Architect HIROSHI SAMBUICHI
Type CULTURE VISITOR ATTRACTION
Street 327-5 INUJIMA
County OKAYAMA PREFECTURE
Town/City INUIJIMA
Country JAPAN
Clients URL http://www.inujima-ap.jp/e/index.html
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Year of Completion 2008
Collection Architecture
Notes
Seirensho building was designed as the realization of symbiosis with the environment based on the concept that architecture should be a part of the never-ending natural cycle and a part of the infinite number of details on the planet. Specifically, solar, geothermal and weather-based natural energy is used to cool the building in the summer and warm it up in the winter. The Karami brick, which is a by-product of the copper refinery, Inujima granite, iron and other materials from Inujima were utilized to create a comfortable structure in order to minimize the impact on the surrounding environment to the greatest degree possible. The geological lay of the land and the existing heritage of industrial modernization (smokestack) were also utilized based on these concepts. The building is being completed while the temperature, humidity and daylight data values are recorded by weather instruments installed outside the building in order to fine tune the process.In other words, the buildi