Hiroshi Nakamura and NAP, the noted Japanese architecture studio, has completed the construction of a gorgeous underground library that aims to provide a tranquil and harmonious place in which to read and reflect whilst surrounded by the peaceful and natural environs of a sustainability-focused farm.
The simply-named 'Underground Library' is designed to provide a pleasant surprise to people visiting the Kurkku Fields sustainable farm located in Chiba in eastern Japan. The interior design of the structure well and truly pays homage to Japanese architectural language by combining pleasing timber with rustic concrete flooring and a glass wall, with a grass courtyard providing constant views of greenery and sunlight invited in to the space.
As far as its library-focused offerings are concerned, the space includes more than 3,000 books that Kurkku Fields states were chosen to "offer a unique spread and connection to poetry, philosophy, history, religion, science, and economics, with a focus on nature and agricultural lifestyles."
Subterranean Japanese Libraries
This Underground Library is Situated Beneath a Sustainable Farm
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