Kowa Danchi Offers a Renewed Vision of Housing Projects in Japan www.spoon-tamago.com

After hundreds of years of living in wooden homes that were constantly prone to fire, danchi (団地) public housing projects emerged in the 1960s to cope with Japan’s rapid modernization and urbanization.
But in one small corner of Japan, an experimental new type of public housing is taking root.
One that re-imagines public housing as something softer and more gentle.
The Kowa Public Housing apartments were the recipient of a 2018 Good Design Award.
It seemed, at least for that one afternoon, that good design can foster good community.