Japan Sasebo Kuhon-ji Buddhist temple

设计方：Furuichi and Associates

位置：日本

分类：公共设施

内容：实景照片

图片：7张

摄影师：Hiroshi Ito

这是由Furuichi and Associates设计的Kuhon-ji佛寺。该项目是为净土真宗（Jodo-shu）而建的佛寺与藏骨堂，位于长崎县佐世保市。周边是密集的居住区。此外，纳骨堂、寺庙与住宅群是通过池塘划分开的，阳光透过玻璃幕墙洒落在纳骨堂的地板上。净土真宗（Jodo-shu）的寺庙一般会向东而布局，以便在主厅祈福的信徒可以自然面对着西方极乐世界（在净土宗派中，天堂位于世界西端尽头）。然而在本项目中，考虑到斜坡的方向，该寺庙面西而建。然而，寺庙大门上网格内部新增了朱砂色的饰面，在自楼梯及圣殿渗透进来的阳光的照耀下，楼梯空间、圣殿和大厅都染上朱砂色。

译者：筑龙网艾比

From the architect. This project is a Buddhist temple and ossuary for the　“Jodo-shu”, a Buddhist sect. The site is located on a　slopein Sasebo, Nagasaki, surrounded by a dense residential area. In addition, the ossuary, the temple premises and the residences are separated by ponds, and the reflection of the sunlight is thrown on the floor of the ossuary through the glass windows. Generally, temples of the “Jodo-shu” are planned to face east so that when praying at the main hall, the prayers would naturally face the Western Paradise (a paradise in the Jodo sect which is supposed to be located in the far west of our world). In contrast, due to the direction of the slope, this temple faces west. However, by adding a cinnabar-coloured finish to the inner part of the grid inset in the temple gate, and with the help of the light of the setting sun through the stairway and the temple premises, the stairway space, the temple premises and the main hall are all lit up in cinnabar.

The whole design of the ossuary and the prayer hall is directed by Buddist beliefs, applying a contemporary vocabulary. Architecture here follows a narrative that gives sense to every axis, orientation, space, material and volume of the buildings. According to Buddist beliefs, the facade of the ossuary has to face West, the holy land, this way the holly light warms and consoles the souls in houses. The use of light follows this condition and is nevertheless used as an opportunity to provide a solemn atmosphere inside, a restful space for the ossuary.

The existing graveyard was on a man-made terrace that was dangerously deteriorated. However, the temple was lacking funds. A reinforced concrete structure was proposed as a gate and an ossuary with 450 crypt spaces. 120 spaces re-accommodated the existing graveyard, and the rest were sold to fund the new main hall. In contrast to the concrete ossuary, the main hall is a light steel structure. In summer, doors of the hall function to completely open the space to cooling breezes.

At the bottom of the site, a temple gate attached to a charnel house is arranged, and through this gate, a stairway would lead us up to the temple premises. The main hall of the temple is planned at the front of the premises, and on both sides of the premises, the residences for the chief abbot and vice-chief abbot are arranged. However, as these residences are hidden by wall partitions, no one could notice the dwellings from the temple premises.

The pond is a spiritual element. It is a symbolic separation between this world and the next. The ossuary, the temple premises and the residences are separated by ponds. The reflection of the sunlight is thrown the floor of the ossuary through the glass windows.The location of the temple was carefully studied to take advantage of its high position on the hill and make use of natural ventilation for cooling the space during summer time. The space was designed adopting an idea from traditional Japanese houses: the engawa, a veranda with shoji screens (sliding doors made of paper) behind.

日本佐世保Kuhon-ji佛寺外部实景图