One Morning in Kitakami
On a strangely snowy morning at the We Are One youth center, near the mouth of the Kitakami River, twenty-three students gathered to collectively envision, with their minds and hands, improvements to their town.
Village of Maeami-hama celebrates new community house
(Architecture for Humanity) On February 24, 2013, the residents of the fishing village of Maeami-hama, on a secluded inlet on the Pacific coast of Tohoku, gathered to celebrate the opening of its new community house. The fishermen and their families invited Tokyo-based designers KMDW architects and project coordinators Architecture for Humanity Japan (in Ishinomaki as…
Elementary: Japanese Students Envision a Rebuilt Village
(Students Rebuild) On February 23, Students Rebuild and Architecture for Humanity led a student design charrette at the recently completed “We Are One” Market and Youth Center in Kitakami. Students from grades 1-5 came spent the Saturday morning building their visions from all sorts of craft and recycled market supplies, from paints, pipe cleaners and…
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