Inage Ryouen Osario, Templo by Eitaro Satake and Shinichiro Yamada

Inage Ryouen Osario, Templo by Eitaro Satake and Shinichiro Yamada is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Bronce in Deseño de Arquitectura, Edificación e Estruturas Competition Category.

BronceArquitectura· 2021

Inage Ryouen Osario, Templo

by Eitaro Satake and Shinichiro Yamada

Client: Bishamondo

A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Arquitectura Category

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The Design

About Inage Ryouen Osario, Templo

Inage Ryouen é un edificio conmemorativo que combina un templo e un osario mecánico preto de Tokio. A urbanización e os cambios nas estruturas familiares crearon unha escaseza de tumbas nas cidades. Inage Ryouen responde a esta necesidade cun cemiterio interior de fácil visita. Nos cemiterios mecánicos convencionais, os restos consérvanse en pequenos nichos, mentres que aquí os restos gárdanse no soto baixo unha lápida, como nunha tumba tradicional. Na construción empregáronse pedra, madeira e papel. Un salón, un templo, unha sala de culto e un xardín na azotea distribúense en tres andares.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronce

Inage Ryouen Osario, Templo gañou o A' Design Award de Bronce, un recoñecemento altamente prestixioso outorgado a deseños sobresaíntes que se distinguen pola creatividade, o enxeño e a sagacidade. Os gañadores Bronce son artefactos amplamente hábiles e sorprendentemente creativos que autentican a vasta experiencia, imaxinación e enxeño dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Inage Ryouen Osario, Templo sexa un obxecto moi apreciado, admirado e querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora as mellores prácticas da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía, e é excelente pola súa atención ao detalle. Inage Ryouen Osario, Templo satisfai espléndidamente as necesidades, toca os desexos, encanta os sentimentos e atrae a curiosidade.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Inage ryouen is the first grave-type mechanical ossuary in Japan and it is a memorial architecture for bereaved families to conduct the funeral ceremony and pay their respect.
Change in lifestyle and urbanization creates a need for a change from a traditional local graveyard to an easy access urban ossuary.
Inage ryouen is a solution to the urban grave shortage, and memorial halls that are easy to visit. It has been designed so that it does not feel like a machine, and this indoor cemetery is as close as possible to a traditional grave site.
Dimensions & Packaging: It is located around Tokyo, 1440 square meters in area, 2740 square meters in floor space, 3 stories above the steel frame. The garden and the ossuary are arranged on the roof, the second floor is a temple and the first floor is a lounge.
Lounge, Temple, Rooftop Garden and Worship Room with distinct functions on each floor for stress-free funerals and memorial services.
Tags: temple,columbarium, ossuary, memorial hall, Inage, Inage ryouen, STAR, Japan
Production Technology: Conventional mechanical cemeteries have a small niche/ locker columbarium, whereas here the remains are stored under the tombstone. We developed a new system with Toyota L&F that allows us to secure storage space in the basement, just like traditional graves.
Natural materials such as stone, wood, and paper were used for the construction, architectural and interior design such as furniture, signage, gravestone materials, and also transport systems.
Inspiration: In Japan, with the aging of baby boomers, the number of deaths has doubled from 1980 to 2020, and has exceeded 1.3 million.
Also, due to the low birthrate and aging population, urbanization, and change in family structure, there is a growing need for a solution to the shortage of graves in urban areas and memorial halls that are easy to visit and respect individuality.
Project Duration: Project completed in 15/03/2018
Project Location: 3-7-5 Inage Higashi, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba, Japan
Operation Flow: Conventional mechanical cemeteries have a small niche/ locker columbarium, whereas here the remains are stored under the tombstone. We developed a new system with Toyota L&F that allows us to secure storage space in the basement, just like traditional graves.
A solution to the shortage of graves in urban area, and memorial halls that are easy to visit and respect individuality, located near the Tokyo Metropolitan city.
Team Members: Shinichiro Yamada and Eitaro Satake
Image Credits: Photographer Kai Nakamura, 2018