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Intertwining staircases spiral around the glazed core of Hiroshi Nakamura's Ribbon Chapel

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Jessica Mairs | 5 February 2015 13 comments

Two curving staircases .. https://www.dezeen.com/tag/staircases/ .. encircle the exterior of this wedding chapel
.. https://www.dezeen.com/tag/chapels/ .. by Tokyo-based architect Hiroshi Nakamura, meeting at a rooftop
platform that overlooks the Hiroshima coastline (+ slideshow).



The Ribbon Chapel by Hiroshi Nakamura .. http://www.nakam.info/en/ .. takes its name from
the pair of timber-clad staircases that wind around the exterior of the glazed wedding chapel.

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"Just as two lives go through twists and turns before uniting as one, the two spirals
seamlessly connect at their 15.4-metre summit to form a single ribbon," said Nakamura.

https://www.dezeen.com/2015/02/05/intertwining-staircases-spiral-wedding-chapel-hiroshi-nakamura-japan/

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Kamikatsu Zero Waste Center by Hiroshi Nakamura is built using waste materials

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Alyn Griffiths | 9 November 2021 7 comments

Architect Hiroshi Nakamura ... https://www.dezeen.com/tag/hiroshi-nakamura-nap/ .. incorporated around 700 windows donated by the local community into the facades of this waste recycling .. https://www.dezeen.com/tag/recycling/ .. facility in the town of Kamikatsu, the first place in Japan .. https://www.dezeen.com/tag/japan/ .. to pass a zero-waste declaration.

The Kamikatsu Zero Waste Center is made predominantly using waste materials and features on the shortlist of the sustainable building category for Dezeen Awards 2021 .. https://www.dezeen.com/awards/2021/shortlists/sustainability/sustainable-building/ .


The Kamikatsu Zero Waste Center in Japan was designed by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

Tokyo-based studio Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP .. https://www.nakam.info/ .. was commissioned by the town of Kamikatsu to design an environmentally friendly facility that encapsulates the community's values as pioneers of waste processing.

In 2003, Kamikatsu became the first municipality in Japan to issue a Zero Waste Declaration, which means that all waste produced by its inhabitants is recycled or reused rather than being sent to landfill or for incineration.

https://www.dezeen.com/2021/11/09/kamikatsu-zero-waste-center-hiroshi-nakamura-architecture/