Meiso no Mori Municipal Funeral Hall

Location: Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan. 

Architect: Toyo Ito.

To most people, death seems like a void; an emptiness that takes a long time to fill, a darkness that snuffs out the sparks of light almost instantly.  But, to Toyo Ito, it was an opportunity to consider the subject of death free from the context of religion. The end result of that was a beautiful funeral home. Meiso no Mori which translates to Forest of Meditation is situated in Kakamigahara city, Gifu, Japan.  It was completed in 2006 and is a public, secular, cremation facility overlooking a lake. 

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