BUNKA-YOKUSEN

BUNKA-YOKUSEN

Public bath with a round painted picture

In my view, basically “Anything which can be reused shall be kept and reused” in the renovation project. Of course less waste is preferred from an ecological angle, and used materials have a nice charm from aging that new materials do not have. For budget considerations, this project was premised on existing parts being reused as much as possible. So, the main issue was coordination of existing parts and new parts, those were integrated in an interesting mismatch sense. The 2 circular, painted pictures are 1.8 meters, and these define the individuality of the BUNKA-YOKUSEN. These particular paintings are the only of their kind in Japan.

Location
3-6-8 Higashiyama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Category
Sento (Public Bath house)
Floor space
290m²
Completion
Mar, 2011
Builder
Kitahara Construction Co., Ltd., Kawase Tekko Co., Ltd.
Mural painting
Morio Nakajima
Designer
Kentaro Imai Architectural office
Photo
Masahiro Ishibashi
URL
Official WEB site

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