Seaside rest space for the pilgrims

This is the rest space for the pilgrims in Shikoku island , Japan.
This site is located near the road for the pilgrims that go on a pilgrimage to the eighty-eight temples in Shikoku island.
There has been a rest space in this site.
But, it was deep damaged because of the terrible typhoon in 2004.
The people in this district had a dream about constructing the new rest space in this site again.
In 2008, it was start point of dream.
At first, elementary school students painted a fantasy picture of the rest house.
At the second stage, high school students drew the architectural form in the shaped the wave of the ocean.
At the third stage, an architect and university students improved the plan so that we could build this rest space from rectangular lumber that we could get easily in this district.
Finally, high school students constructed the rest space in 2011.
This small building fills with big dreams that a lot of people have.
Now , on the way to the temple many pilgrims have come here, and they take a rest in this building.

Architect / Kikuma Watanabe
Construction
/ Students of Kochi high school of Technology
Produce
/ Kochi Educational Conference of Construction