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Northern Style Housing Complex, Japan

 

EMBRACE

 

Northern Style Housing Complex in Aomori, Japan.

International Design Competition

 

200 residential units; health, welfare and cultural exchange facilities; shops, parking and other related facilities.

 

Building area:                  33,000 sqm approx.

Site area:                         3,251 sqm

Construction cost:           9 billion Yen/ US$ 78 million

 

The architecture of 'Embrace' creates situations encouraging citizens to encounter various experiences within the community. It therefore increases the awareness of the latter, residents mutually being able to retreat back to themselves, and their most intimate space.

 

 

 

             

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