Hoshino Jinja 神社 by Shigetaka Mochizuki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 文化遺產設計 Competition Category.

銀文化遺產· 2024

Hoshino Jinja 神社

by Shigetaka Mochizuki

Client: Mochizuki Corporation

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 文化遺產 Category

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The Design

About Hoshino Jinja 神社

呢個係一種創新嘅設計手法，將新舊技術結合埋一齊，包括完全唔用任何金屬構件嘅日本傳統建築工法「石場建」（Ishiba-建法），以及基於現代結構分析嘅極限強度計算。設計由橫線同直線構成，極具美感，被形容為建基於日本獨特美學意識嘅迷人結構美。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Hoshino Jinja 神社是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Hoshino Jinja 神社將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Hoshino Jinja 神社是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The simple design of the new covered hall, with its copper-sheet roof, the main element of the shrine, gabled roof, and horizontal and vertical lines of the pillars, stiles, and footings, expresses the Japanese sense of beauty with a very high level of design. This building is open to those who study, manage, and use architectural techniques, and functions as a place to learn about such knowledge.
Dimensions & Packaging: Main applications Shinto shrine
Site area 0.402248ha
Building area 0.009565ha
Total floor area 0.009277ha
Maximum height 30.8395ft
Eaves Height 20.669ft
Tags: Mochizuki Corporation, Mochizuki Architects, Architectural Design Office, Shrine carpenter, traditional techniques, architect, Architect Builder,artisan,
Production Technology: The masonry structure employed in this building has the aptitude to resist earthquakes and typhoons without damaging the earth.
The building was calculated and planned using the limit capacity design method, which is based on the frictional and restorative forces resulting from the combination of members, a characteristic of wooden architecture. It is truly an epoch-making building that makes full use of traditional Japanese construction methods and new technologies.
Design Challenge: function and reflect its role without eclipsing the sacred building. The sensitive design solution was to emphasize simplicity and strength.
Research: The building has been used as a training site for university and technical college students, engineers, and prefectural and city officials to foster younger generations and pass on traditional techniques, and has been widely covered by the media through several public tours. As a result, it has become possible to sustain the traditional techniques of architecture. The use of local wood contributes to tradition, culture, industry, and the environment, and the shrine has become a local landmark.
Inspiration: The design, composed of horizontal and vertical continuous lines, is aesthetically pleasing and unique to Japanese architecture, and is considered an "attractive structural beauty.
An innovative approach that combines traditional Japanese construction methods that use no hardware at all with modern structural analysis and "limit strength calculations" to create buildings that will last for 100 or 200 years, blending old and new technologies.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2019 in Toyokawa City, Aichi, Japan and finished in December 2021
Location 102 Kamikaizu, Hirao-chou, Toyokawa City, Aichi, Japan, Aichi,
Operation Flow: Tradition evolves through innovations and is reborn as a new tradition.
Centuries-old traditional skills and craftsmanship combined with new modern practices and designs, will be bridging to a new traditional residential architecture, that carries on succession of skills.
Image Credits: Photographer, Yasuo Hagiwara