Concept Overview & Architectural Design

A traditional multi-tiered pagoda featuring upturned curved eaves, a crimson-and-white facade, a central timber pillar (shinbashira), and an authentic koi pond.

Step-by-Step Structural Guide

  • Lay an $11times11$ square stone foundation using polished andesite and stone bricks.

  • Build the primary structural frame 4 blocks high per tier using stripped mangrove logs for crimson framing and smooth quartz for white infill.

  • Extend each roof tier outward with dark prismarine or warped stairs, curling the four corner tips upward using slabs and trapdoors.

  • Step each subsequent story inward by 1 block as you build upward through 3 to 5 tiers.

  • Crown the apex with a vertical copper rod spire (shinbashira) made of lightning rods and end rods.

  • Surround the base with a winding koi pond featuring water lilies, sea pickles, bamboo stalks, and cherry blossom trees.

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