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Honmura Terminal – SANAA / Kazuyo Sejima & Nishizawa

Honmura Terminal – SANAA / Kazuyo Sejima & Nishizawa

2025

SANAA designed the Honmura Terminal on Naoshima as a gentle landmark for both islanders and visitors. A simple wooden grid carries an eight-meter-tall cloud of translucent FRP spheres, loosely stacked like a drifting cumulonimbus. Visible from land and sea, the form marks the ferry point without the need for signage. The thin, glowing shells filter daylight into an airy, floating interior, creating a light and welcoming space for waiting and arriving—an architecture as atmospheric and ephemeral as the island itself.

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Tags:

  • Haven,
  • Japan,
  • Kazuyo Sejima,
  • Naoshima,
  • Nishizawa,
  • Port,
  • and SANAA

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