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Architects: SOGO AUD
- Area: 200 m²
- Year: 2021
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Lead Architects: Akira Sogo, Mami Sogo
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Architectural Design: Akane Fujimori, Konomi Fujiwara
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Structure Engineer: On Studio Structural Engineer Inc., Wataru Shimokubo
Welfare develops Community, and Community develops Welfare. Built on a hilltop-looking Mt. Fuji, this is a group home for people with intellectual disabilities, under a big umbrella where everyone in the area can easily gather. The operator is trying to make a new welfare facility that is deeply rooted in the local community, by operating this not only as a group home, but also as a children's cafeteria, a meeting place for senior clubs, and an evacuation place. To that end, architecture sought a way of building that would foster connections with the surrounding area beyond the site boundaries.
