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- Architects: O.F.D.A.
- Location: Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
- Architect In Charge: Taku Sakaushi, Yusuke Sagawa, Hirofumi Nakagawa, Soichiro Omura
- Area: 219.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographs: Rino Kawasaki
- Structure Engineer: Kanebako Structural Engineers
- Construction: Takiguchi Kenchiku
- Land Size : 1540 sqm
- Building Area: 92 spm
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Plan 1
From the architect. Unused former ice plant in Fujiyoshida City was converted into a complex building consists of a day nursery on the ground floor, a community kitchen on the 1st floor, and an NPO office on the 2nd floor.
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A tunnel-like passage was created, which has a big opening and a staircase inside. Its wall and ceiling have Japanese cedar finish, and the rooms connected with the staircase have the same finish, emphasizing the connection of two different worlds.
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It is an experiment to remodel an old closed building into a functionally and design-wise open architecture. Comparable concepts are adopted in many renovation projects all over Japan today.
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