I am not entirely certain what this building is such is the level of its abstract expression. Recently completed in Saitame, Japan, it was designed by Hironaka Ogawa & Associates and it includes a Christian chapel, a dining room with a speaker’s dais, a bar or café room, and a series of, what look like offices.
Like a powerful symphony developed from just a few notes, it takes the simple idea of the folded surface, or pleat, and develops it into a convincing architectural expression. Read more
