Birch Moss Chapel by Kengo Kuma and Associates

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KKAA：我们的设计初衷是把小教堂隐去，让它融入Karuizawa的白桦林中。

KKAA：Our idea was to obliterate the small chapel into Karuizawa’s white birches.

由桦树树干撑起的钢制结构体，仿佛它们就是森林中的树木。树干支撑着教堂的玻璃屋顶，长凳由玻璃和丙烯酸制成，苔藓覆盖了教堂内外的地板，教堂成功地消失在了白桦林中。

We randomly put up structural bodies made with steel covered by trunks of birch, as though they were the trees in the forest. They support the glazed roof of the chapel, and benches are made of glass and acrylic. We covered the floor with moss inside and outside of the chapel, successfully making the chapel disappear into the birches.