The Ribbon Chapel is a wedding venue located on the grounds of a resort hotel in Hiroshima, Japan. Inspired by a flying ribbon, two curved staircases encircle the exterior of the chapel, a steel structure 15.4 m in height and with an area of 72 m2, meeting at a rooftop platform overlooking the Se-to Inland Sea. The staircases start at different locations before ascending and becoming one at the top, symbolizing two paths ending in marriage. The structure can be regarded as a coil spring that twists and expands outward while moving up and down with pressure from above but unlike a typical coil, the architect's design is free form.
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