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Since its establishment in 2002, NAP Architectural Design Office, represented by architect Hiroshi Nakamura, has proposed architecture that creates new eras and cultures focusing on urban development, hotels, inns, museums, churches, and public facilities. The studio aims to build an architecture that contributes to local communities based on a design philosophy that values human behavior and nature’s beauty.
The Sayama Forest Chapel in Saitama by Japanese architect Hiroshi Nakamura has a “V” shape timber structure inspired by traditional Japanese structures called “Gassho-zukuri.” Hiroshi Nakamura creates a highly durable wooden construction taking care of environmental…
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The Tsunami Evacuation Tower, designed by Japanese architect Hiroshi Nakamura, is an elliptic cylinder with a narrow end that receives the oncoming tsunami. The shape allows evacuating by walking up…
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