Named as Villa Saitan, this building has unique façade as the name. The name Saitan is from the words Sai and Tan. Sai can be described as variety of wonderful colors that make something more attractive. The word Tan is from the color of the shrine gates, vermilion. It is also the color of pale red granite stone. Vermilion will not be weathered. It is said that vermillion is a sacred color and it used to be applied on serving dishes and bow and arrow to make them holy ones. This apartment building was designed by EASTERN design office in Nishioji-hachijo, Kyoto, Japan. Actually, this is a collective housing which is covered with creative holes walls. The shape of the holes symbolizes a trunk, leaves, a root and bulbs. Villa Saitan consists of 11 unit house in 16m×19m for each lot.
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