Joren-ji Ossuary / OOOarchitecture - Exterior Photography© Yosuke Harigane

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  • Area
    Area of this architecture project

    Area: 
    78 m²

  • Year
    Completion year of this architecture project

    Year: 


    2024

  • Photographs

  • Lead Architects:

    Yo Sato, Ryohei Baba, Hikomaru Wada

Joren-ji Ossuary / OOOarchitecture - Image 5 of 28© Yosuke Harigane

Text description provided by the architects. As Japan’s regional communities face population decline and changing burial customs, temples are increasingly required to rethink how spaces for remembrance are built and used. Joren-ji Ossuary replaces an aging reinforced-concrete structure with a new timber building made from locally sourced cedar, proposing a contemporary model for sacred architecture rooted in continuity rather than nostalgia.

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