Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Goes to Inage Ryouen Crematorium and Temple by Eitaro Satake and Shinichiro Yamada
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Eitaro Satake and Shinichiro Yamada for architecture, building and structure design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Inage Ryouen Crematorium and Temple by Eitaro Satake and Shinichiro Yamada, designed for Bishamondo, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding Inage Ryouen Crematorium and Temple
Inage Ryouen is a memorial building that combines a temple and a mechanical ossuary near Tokyo. Urbanization and changing family structures have created a shortage of graves in cities. Inage Ryouen answers this need with an indoor cemetery that is easy to visit. In conventional mechanical cemeteries the remains are kept in small niches, while here the remains are stored in the basement under a tombstone, as in a traditional grave. Stone, wood and paper were used in the construction. A lounge, a temple, a worship room and a rooftop garden are arranged on three floors.
About Eitaro Satake and Shinichiro Yamada
STAR provides solution with “beautiful design” We provide ‘beautiful’ design to top clients and also offer corporate consulting from a design perspective. A bespoke design solution given by specialized architects, interior designers, design consultants. Clients need a trustworthy partner (who understands ‘elegance’) in a VUCA (Volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) world. Architects and interior designers need to understand business problems to provide the best solution. teamSTAR is a team that adore ‘beauty’ & cherish client’s ‘gratitude’. Our goal is to be the best design team in Japan and solve the client’s and the designer’s problems.
Award Record
This recognition makes Eitaro Satake and Shinichiro Yamada a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2020 - 2021 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award
The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Entries typically include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. Awarded architectural projects are published at https://designers.org/design-category/architecture
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/107556
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/107556
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!107556
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/280785
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://starchitects.info/
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Inage Ryouen Crematorium and Temple
- Function
- Crematorium and Temple
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Dark Cyan, Dark Olive Green, Dark Slate Blue, Sienna and Peru
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Bishamondo
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Eitaro Satake and Shinichiro Yamada
- Country
- Japan
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #107556
Credits
- Team
- Shinichiro Yamada and Eitaro Satake
- Image Credits
- Photographer Kai Nakamura, 2018
Design Details
- 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.
- 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.
- Realization and 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.
- Operation and Interaction
- 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.
- Project Duration and Location
- Project completed in 15/03/2018 Project Location: 3-7-5 Inage Higashi, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba, Japan
- Specifications
- 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.
- Keywords
- temple,columbarium, ossuary, memorial hall, Inage, Inage ryouen, STAR, Japan
