KOHTEI
"KOHTEI" is an art pavilion built on the campus of the Shinshoji Zen temple. A shipshaped building with traditional kokerabuki wooden shingles, the structure gives the impression that it is gently floating over a stony landscape. Walking through the ocean of rocks and feeling their materiality, the viewer ascends a slope and enters the pavilion from a small entryway. Inside is darkness, where a quiet ocean lies, and water ripples reflect glimmers of light.
