Main Standards and regulation Unfading Light of Kamikatsus Windows

Unfading Light of Kamikatsus Windows

Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP win with their unique stand-out project Kamikatz Public House, located in Kamikatsu, this town is committed to zero waste and aims to become a sustainable recycling society.

Kamikatsu already attains an 80% recycling rate by sorting its waste into 34 categories. Used items are displayed at the recycle center like a store. As mass-production and mass-consumption society reaches an impasse, the world holds great expectations for this movement.

On the premise that a paradigm shift for production and sales processes is essential in achieving zero waste, a private-sector business sympathized with the principles of this town launched this project with the concept of integrating a shop that sells household sundries, food, and beer by weight, brewery, and a pub.

As the word “pub” comes from “public house,” Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP decided that they would bring the principles of the community, the wisdom and ways of the people, towards creating waste into form, through architecture. The aim was to create a public house so that the community could feel a sense of pride in their actions.

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