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| In group home "Wai-no-ie", the elderly can live in small intimate groups. 4 to 5 bedrooms are grouped around a shared tatami room and dining room/units. Bedrooms are connected by the tatami room instead of institutional corridors to create a residential scale and atmosphere. This also reduces walking distances and encourages frail dwellers to move independently. | |
| Location | Iwaki, Fukushima |
| Number of bed | 18 |
| Site area | 1,820m2 |
| Total floor area | 745m2 |
| Structure | Wood |
| Completion | March 2005 |
| Architect | Miura Masahiro Atelier |
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KUJIRA HOSPITAL
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| Kujira Hospital is a psychosomatic medicine specialized hospital for providing care and a restful environment for patients with adjustment disorder, depression and people suffering from domestic violence or abuse. It is located on a waterfront enjoying the view of the canal. The building is centered around a green patio and several works of art related to the theme water are incorporated. | |
| Location | Koto-ku, Tokyo |
| Number of bed | 90 |
| Site area | 3,025m2 |
| Total floor area | 5,067m2 |
| Structure | Reinforced concrete; five stories |
| Completion | March 2006 |
| Architect | Shimizu Corporation |
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TOKAI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
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| Tokai University Hospital is a government-designated high function hospital accompanied with a life support emergency center to provide tertiary ambulatory services and care to the west half of Kanazawa prefecture. It specializes in acute care and is a showcase project implementing several innovative planning/administrative features such as effective laboratory services that "show results on that day" and convertible operation rooms. | |
| Location | Isehara, Kanagawa |
| Number of bed | 803 |
| Site area | 90,167m2 |
| Total floor area | 69,244m2 |
| Structure | Reinforced concrete；fourteen stories |
| Completion | September 2005 |
| Architect | Toda Corporation |
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FREUDE HIKOSHIMA
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| Freude Hikoshima stands on a cliff overlooking the Kanmon Strait. It is an elderly facility complex accommodating 66 people maximum. The first floor of the larger building houses common spaces such as dining and living areas, a community day-care facility and suditorium. The second floor and the smaller three story building house the group livings. Common areas are marked by a surrounding red wall. | |
| Location | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi |
| Number of bed | 64 |
| Site area | 5,587m2 |
| Total floor area | 4,895m2 |
| Structure | Reinforced concrete; three stories |
| Completion | September 2005 |
| Architect | Hidetoshi OHNO + Akihiro YOSHIDA/APLdw |
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TOKUSHIMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL
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| Tokushima Red Cross Hospital is a regional secondary hospital with 405 beds specializing on acute care for stays under 10 days. The outpatient department and wards are architecturally detached putting future separation of the functions in view. Existing woods on the site were preserved and incorporated in architectural design as key landscape elements. Views from the building open to various directions and courtyard, roof garden and water garden are provided for the amenity of patients, families and staff. | |
| Location | Komatsushima, Tokushima |
| Number of bed | 405 |
| Site area | 30,117m2 |
| Total floor area | 37,871m2 |
| Structure | Steel framed and reinforced concrete(partly steel frame, reinforced concrete: Seismic isolation); nine stories |
| Completion | January 2006 |
| Architect | Nikken Sekkei, Yasui Architects & Engineers, Inc. |
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