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Yamaguchi Memorial Hall Japan, Images, Architect, Building, Photos
Memorial Hall, Yamaguchi, Japan
Contemporary Japanese Design by Waro Kishi + K.ASSOCIATES
Memorial Hall in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Waro Kishi + K.ASSOCIATES/Architects, Kyoto
Photos © Hitoyuki Hitai

This building is for the medical faculty of Yamaguchi University.
It commemorates the 50th anniversary of the institution and was donated
by the alumni association.
Although it is an alumni hall, it is a place not just for alumnireunions
but also for the discussion of cutting-edge themes in the field of
medicine. It houses facilities for conferences, meetings, research
seminars and lectures. Students, faculty and employees of the university
can also come here to relax.
The hall is located in a garden that was donated earlier by supporters
of the university and that has long been frequented by students and
the university staff. Thus, the place already possessed a significant
reality and was associated with many fond memories. The new building
was an attempt to reinforce rather than to erase that reality or those
memories. The design is intended to integrate the architecture and
the garden and to produce a new place in the campus. The old memories
have not been erased but woven into a new landscape. The layering
of old memories and a new structure creates a sense of place and ultimately
a sense of history within the campus.
The main approach to the hall is over a pond in the Japanese garden.
The path then turns 90 degrees to the right. The western third of
the building is an outdoor terrace that leads to the first-floor entrance
hall and a ramp. Most of the spaces, with the exception of the top-floor
conference room, face the garden or the abundant greenery in the campus.
For a brief moment, people can forget the stresses of being in a medical
school.
Yamaguchi Memorial Hall Images / information from Waro Kishi +
K.ASSOCIATES / Architects Oct 2008
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