photo: KONISHI Keizo

Hidden Library 2012 public work project A community built library (h 3.6×w 2.7×d 6.3 m), books contributed by the 6000 village residents, keys and specially designed key-fobs for book contributors. The Hidden Library is a library which contains books that are significant to important points in the lives of those who have contributed them. Like a retreat the library is located in a serene area of cedar forest on a hillside away from Kamiyama Village. The library's door is not open to everyone; only residents from the village have the opportunity to gain access. They can do this by contributing a book at 3 important junctures in their lives; graduation, marriage and retirement. On submission of a book residents are given a key to enter the library and evoke their memories whenever they please. → * Construction Process → * Project report (German text), 35 pages pdf 1 2 3 4 5