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AS WELL AS A PLACE OF WORSHIP, IT WAS TO SERVE AS A DEPOSITORY FOR CREMATED REMAINS. </span><span style="font-family: 'Alegreya Sans'">HAVING DEVELOPED A PROGRAMME AND SCHEMATIC MODEL OF HOW THE BUILDING WOULD WORK, THE STUDIO SEARCHED FOR AN APPROPRIATE PHYSICAL FORM, INITIALLY EXPERIMENTING WITH FORMS MODELLED IN CLAY. UNSATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS, THE TEAM FOCUSSED INSTEAD ON THE SPONTANEOUS FORMS THAT FABRIC MAKES AS IT FALLS ONTO A SURFACE – LIKE THE SILK ROBES OF THE BUDDHIST PRIESTS OR THE FOLDS OF CLOTH IN OLD MASTER PAINTINGS. 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THESE LAYERS ALSO FORMED THE INTERIOR OF THE TEMPLE WITH STAIRCASES AND FURNITURE EXTENDING FROM THE WALLS AND GLAZING INSERTED BETWEEN TO FORM WINDOWS.</span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="details"> <nav class="close-details"><ul><li><a href="#"><span class="hidden-md-down">CLOSE</span><span class="hidden-lg-up"><svg width="9px" height="9px" viewBox="0 0 9 9" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <defs></defs> <g id="Page-1" stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"> <g id="Artboard" fill="#000000"> <polygon id="Fill-2" points="1 1.26009135 4.2375 4.4572275 1.0875 7.56795457 1.4375 7.82718183 4.5 4.80286384 7.7375 8 8 7.74077274 4.7625 4.54363659 7.911625 1.43290952 7.5625 1.17281817 4.5 4.19713616 1.2625 1"></polygon> </g> </g> </svg></span></a></li></ul></nav> <div class="details-content entry-content text-center"> <div class="width-wrap xs-pt-30 xs-pb-30 xs-pl-30 xs-pr-30"> <h6>Client</h6> <p>Shingon-hu Buddhist Organisation</p> <h6>Location</h6> <p>Kagoshima, Japan</p> <h6>Appointment</h6> <p>2001</p> <h6>Project Leader</h6> <p>Kieran Gaffney</p> <h6>Studio team</h6> <p>Rachel Hain, Neil Hubbard, Stuart Wood</p> <h6>Collaborators</h6> <p>Karou Okamura, Trevor Laidler, Packman Lucas, Mawatari Kogyo K.K., Master Bros, Theo Theodorou, Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital</p> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="close-project"><ul><li><a href="https://heatherwick.com/projects/buildings/?from_proj=temple"><span class="hidden-md-down">CLOSE</span><span class="hidden-lg-up"><svg width="9px" height="9px" viewBox="0 0 9 9" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <defs></defs> <g id="Page-1" stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"> <g id="Artboard" fill="#000000"> <polygon id="Fill-2" points="1 1.26009135 4.2375 4.4572275 1.0875 7.56795457 1.4375 7.82718183 4.5 4.80286384 7.7375 8 8 7.74077274 4.7625 4.54363659 7.911625 1.43290952 7.5625 1.17281817 4.5 4.19713616 1.2625 1"></polygon> </g> </g> </svg></span></a></li></ul></nav> </section> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/plugins/google-site-kit/dist/assets/js/googlesitekit-consent-mode-3d6495dceaebc28bcca3.js" id="googlesitekit-consent-mode-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js" id="jquery-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/themes/heatherwick/library/plugins/aos-2/dist/aos.js" id="js-aos-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/themes/heatherwick/library/js/jquery.debouncedresize.js?v=1717253355" id="js-debouncedresize-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/themes/heatherwick/library/plugins/bxslider/jquery.bxslider.min.js" id="js-bxslider-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/themes/heatherwick/library/plugins/lazy/jquery.lazy.min.js" id="js-lazy-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/themes/heatherwick/library/plugins/lazy/plugins/jquery.lazy.vimeo.min.js" id="js-lazy-vimeo-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js" id="js-vimeo-api-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/themes/heatherwick/library/plugins/jquery.mobile.custom/jquery.mobile.custom.min.js?v=1717253355" id="js-jquery-mobile-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/themes/heatherwick/library/js/scripts-project.min.js?v=1717253355" id="js-project-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://heatherwick.com/wp-content/themes/heatherwick/library/js/scripts.min.js?v=1717253355" id="js-js"></script> </body> </html>