Health-chi

Type: Competition//Project: Starhouse Renovation//Site: Akabane, Tokyo,Japan

Prize: Second Prize

Would a new living be introduced by this “starhouse”? From the development of living styles, there is a chance for new “danchi” model to emerge. Even though “danchi” is losing its glory in society, it was the pioneer model for a new living type of its own age, and we want to propose a new living model for future age.

We think that two aspects will become important in the future of living. The first one is that health might be valued more in the future since life expectancy has increased yearly and more people will want to live their senior years healthily. Another aspect is that there will be less opportunity for society to engage in manual labor work due to advances in automation. As a result, people might have less chance to move their bodies.

To be healthy, we need to exercise our bodies. But do we really have enough time or resources to do the exercise? As cities become more developed, the more convenient our lives become and the less we engage in activities that exercise our bodies. If a housing system can offer a new way of healthy living by providing different exercise activities in the everyday lives of residents, it could become an efficient model to improve the health level of the society.

Therefore, rather than regarding exercise as separate activities that can be done only at a gym or outdoor, we introduce shared exercise space which is integrated into the lives of the residents.

Since precisely predicting the future of living is somewhat difficult, we propose an experimental living system which could become a prevalent model of living in the future.

No matter what the future will become, people can face it with confidence if they are healthy.