Japan 2000Sakushin Gakuin University
We wanted to create a campus that felt like a “village” by randomly arranging multiple structures around a central plaza overflowing with green and water.
We placed a small mound and large steps in the middle of the plaza in order to enable students to experience exterior space that would enable them to be aware of Mother Earth. The library on one side of the plaza was embedded into the earth when it was built, and the cafeteria was built to appear like it was floating on water, inducing various types of dialog between architecture and the earth.
