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The Chapel is located in Kobe, which faces The Seto Inland Sea.
This is a chapel planed for the main facility for renovation of the hotel.
To make a beautiful architecture, we aim to refer to the regional condition such as The Seto Inland Sea and Akashi Bridge, which places in front of the location.

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The Chapel that is held in the concrete tube is lifted from the ground with winding shape as “L”, and is heightened the ceiling more and more toward the sea.
Therefore, the room echoes the sea.
The waiting room and the other necessary rooms placed in the first floor, which is covered with glass wall.
The outer walls are sprayed　with the transparent white urethane paint on the stuccoed wall.

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It disappears into the clouds floating in the sky.
We use a grass wall at west surface of the Chapel for the view and interior materials have reflecting texture, so it reflects the colors of the sky and the sea that change by the minute.
There is no cross as an icon, however there are natural phenomena such as the change of light, the flow of clouds, and the motion of water.
It is because that we aim to make a primitive space engraved in memory of people.
Changing nature appears here dramatically, it gives us a special experience.

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