Studio Kōzō

The site is the brief

Four hundred years, no mortar

Built to move

A wall is a filter

Finished, and in progress

• Mulberry House · Village museum · 2019Damp ruins paper. The collection is sealed away; only the gallery sees the sky.
• Pine Room · Restoration · 2021The crawl door is 66 × 63 cm. We kept it, so everyone still kneels.
• Dry Store · Shrine archive · 2023The ground is wet all year, so the floor sits 1 200 mm above it.
• Snow Hall · Village theatre · 2024Three metres of snow a winter. The roof is pitched 60° to shed it.
• Open Field · Memorial · 2026 —One path across the site. Where it ends, nothing stands.