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A submerged Japanese library by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP as a ‘tranquil place’ for reading and rest | News | Archinect

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Japan-based Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP has offered a look inside their recently completed Library of the Earth. Situated in the Japanese city of Kisarazu, and completed in November 2022, the library is described by the firm as “the library for the farmers, plowing the fields on sunny days and reading books on rainy days.” Located in the corner of an active agricultural site, the scheme saw Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP transform a debris-laced plot into a “lush valley.” At the core of the project is a submerged library designed with the principle that “architecture should not occupy the cultivated soil layer but rather exist humbly under the flourishing of plants and microorganisms in the soil.” “The earth has been regarded as the source of all life and a symbol of motherhood,” the team explains. “Our wish was to make a small cleft in the earth and create a tranquil place suitable for farmers to rest. The cleft looks like a water drop when viewed from above. As you wander into the approach and pa

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