(Kyoto, Japan)()(Architecture Hunting)2023-04-05
Face House
In Kyoto, this 1970s anthromorphic building by Japanese architect Yamashita Kazumasa not only brightens up this dreary residential street but has fully functional architectural facial features.
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We’ve all seen photos of the famed Face House but who knew it was located nestled between some very average buildings on a nondescript street in Kyoto?
Built in 1975, the anthromorphic building not only brightens up this dreary residential street but has fully functional architectural facial features.
Each part of the house is designed to mimic functions of actual human orifices. Windows act as eyes peeking out onto the street in front, nostrils which house vents and although not visible from the street, balconies on either side of the building function as ears — allowing breeze and ambient sound from the neighborhood into the structure.
Kanjiro Kawai's House
In Eastern Kyoto, on the otherside of this home’s weathered wooden doors — you’ll find the perfectly preserved home and workshop of prolific potter and advocate of the ‘Mingei Movement’, Kanjiro Kawai.
Reiyukai Shakaden Temple by the Takenaka Corporation
A Spaceship-like temple from the 1970's in the Azabudai neighbourhood of Tokyo, designed by Takenaka Corporation
The Valley Garden Naoshima
The Valley Garden, with installations by Yayoi Kusama and Hiroshi Sugimoto, reflects the surrounding nature and local history, resonates with the architecture, and encourages awareness of the richness and coexistence of nature, the fundamental spirit of prayer, and regeneration.
