株式会社R.E.A.D.

• Completion：
  2011
• Principal use：
  Museum
• Location：
  Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa
• Total floor area：
  631㎡
• Floor：
  1 story

A space of "Nothingness" that embodied the world of the Buddhist philosopher, D.T. Suzuki

The D.T. Suzuki Museum was built with the purpose to relay the life story and ideas of Daisetz Suzuki [1870 ─1966], the globally prominent Kanazawa-born Buddhist philosopher best known as D.T. Suzuki, and create a space where visitors can engage in their own contemplations. Set against the gentle green slopes, which serve as a“ borrowed landscape,” the building is composed of a vestibule, an exhibition space and a contemplative space linked with a passageway. The Vestibule Garden with its camphor tree, the Roji Garden visible from the exhibition space, and the Water Mirror Garden, which fully encloses the contemplative space, create an architectural composition that exposes visitors to the gentle flow of time and the soothing scenery, and leads them into the world of D.T. Suzuki.