Article source: Eastern Design Office

“A house awaiting death,” the client said to us. “I will die in 15 years.  It will be a house awaiting that death.  The building is fine as long as it lasts 15 years.  Something small would be good.”  “I have found the place.” A patch of land on a peninsula facing East.  “I’m glad the land faces East.  I hate the sunset.”

“When I die it won’t be sunset, it will be sunrise.  When the final moment comes, I will face the sea and depart on a ship flashing towards death.  It’ll be a time revealed after death.”

A House awaiting death

• Architects: Eastern Design Office
• Project: A House Awaiting Death
• Location: Ise, Mie Prefecture Japan

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