Article source: DOG

This is a plan for housing for the elderly with services, which is run by the social welfare corporation “Kojukai” in Rikuzentakata City, which mainly targets elderly people affected by the tsunami. Immediately after the disaster, there was a demand for utilization of the approximately 2 ha of hillside land acquired by the corporation. And as the first step to form a new welfare base here, rental housing for the elderly with care, which is lacking in the disaster area, was planned. The theme is “creation of various places”, and for that purpose, we have introduced architectural planning and landscape planning methods such as “Southern side corridor” and “Seed bank”, and the technical theme is “Minimization of land development”.

Image Courtesy © Nao Takahashi

• Architects: DOG
• Project: Elderly House “Hokkori-ya”
• Location: Rikuzentakata, Japan
• Photography: Nao Takahashi
• Lead Architect: Toshio Otsuki + Ryutaro Saito
• Area: 9,674.37sqm
• Building Area: 1,137.65sqm
• Total Floor Area: 982.90sqm
• Landscape Designer: Takio Inada / Inada Landscape Design Office
• Structural Engineer: Haruo Sato / Sato sekkei
• Design Period: 09/2014~04/2018
• Construction Period: 05/2018~02/2019

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