Kentaro Imai Architectural office

Public bath with a round painted picture

In my view, basically “Anything which can be reused shall be kept and reused” in the renovation project. Of course less waste is preferred from an ecological angle, and used materials have a nice charm from aging that new materials do not have. For budget considerations, this project was premised on existing parts being reused as much as possible. So, the main issue was coordination of existing parts and new parts, those were integrated in an interesting mismatch sense. The 2 circular, painted pictures are 1.8 meters, and these define the individuality of the BUNKA-YOKUSEN. These particular paintings are the only of their kind in Japan.

BUNKA-YOKUSEN

Location：

3-6-8 Higashiyama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo

Category：

Sento (Public Bath house)

Floor space：

290m²

Completion：

Mar, 2011

Builder：

Kitahara construction, Kawase corporation

Mural painting：

Morio Nakajima

Photo：

Masahiro Ishibashi

Designer：

Kenataro Imai Architectural office

WEB：

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