Studio Akane Moriyama

Studio Akane Moriyama created a space divider for a church by Japanese architects Katsunobu Tasho and Atsushi Ueda in Matsumoto, Japan. The space divider separates the white chapel space from the blue office space when needed and also softens the direct sunlight for the windows in the office. Two different types of weave were used; a smooth fabric on the office side and a textured fabric on the chapel side. The smooth fabric has a drape, to blur the frame of the opening on the office side, while the textured side facing the church space is hung flat, to make the space divider look like an extension of the wall.