This community center was built by church volunteers whose house of worship
was destroyed by Kobe earthquake in 1995. Materials were donated by a number
of companies, and construction was completed in only five weeks by the
160 volunteers. The plan(10 x 15m) is enclosed within a skin of corrugated,
polycarbonate sheeting. Within this, 58 paper tubes (325mm in diameter,
14.8mm thick, and 5m high), were placed in an elliptical pattern. The eclipse
is based on those in Bernini’s church designs, and the space between the
eclipse and the outer edge of rectangular-shaped site formed a corridor
and provided lateral support. At the entrance to the eclipse, the spacing
of the paper tubes was widened, and the facade fully glazed to form a continuous,
unified space between the interior and exterior.This church was disassembled
in June 2005 and all the materials were sent to a city in Taiwan.
阪神大震災により焼失した教会のために建てられた紙の建築によるコミュニティーホール。建材は各企業からの寄付を受け、160人以上のボランティアの手により5週間で完成した。建設１０年を迎えた紙の教会は、神戸と同じように震災の被害を受けた台湾に移築され、地域のコミュニティーセンターとして新たに活用されている。
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