Yasuyuki KAWANISHI + ICHIBANSEN / nextstations
​川西 康之 + 株式会社イチバンセン 一級建築士事務所 / ネクストステーションズ

We are designing a new welfare facility for handicapped people at the foot of Mt. Fuji. Fujisan Design House is a comprehensive concept not just for the new buildings, but also for alternative activities and projects for the next-generation welfare society.

As the background, we have to build the new building and move there because a new expressway has been scheduled to be built at the site of the present building. However, we regard this situation as a one-in-a-million chance, not mere moving and improvement of the building.

Basically, the planning of welfare facilities tends to be boring due to the typical style, which is limited by the law, budget and schedule. Nevertheless, we started from discussion about several issues such as management, architectural design and regional cooperation instead of the conventional style.

In order to facilitate communication for the new welfare, we have utilized the way of discussion called “future session” every month since 2012. The strategy of discussion can catch a wide range of opinions from every participant.

The aim for this project is to be radically different from the conventional welfare facilities, which are isolated from the general public and central city. Furthermore, we should design the advanced organization, which accepts the diverse expression, becomes financially independent and gives pleasant daily life to everybody.

Thus, we define the general term of these concepts as "Fujisan Design House."​