Ise Jingu

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Intro paragraph - A spiritual cycle of 20 years has led to a highly developed wood building technique. Timber is sourced locally and shrines are still built by hand using traditional tools. After each cycle, the shrines are deconstructed and the timber is either repurposed in other shrines or repurposed as religious relics.

Can continuity exist without material permanence?

Social

Knowledge Transmission‍ ‍

Material

Traditional Timber

Detail

Design for Disassembly

Can continuity exist without material permanence?

Social

Knowledge Transmission‍  ‍

Material

Traditional Timber

Detail

Design for Disassembly
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Research Takeaways

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Knowledge can be preserved without preserving material.

Renewal is a design strategy, not simply a maintenance task.

Craft traditions depend on intentional repetition.

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