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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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 a...