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Home Shinjuku: The Shared Life Design of Low-Income Single Mother Families in Tokyo

Project locationTokyo, Japan
University/SchoolUniversity of Cambridge
Lead ArchitectXidian Wang
Projecthttps://xidian.wixsite.com/newdomesticity

In Japan, 48% of single-mother families live in poverty. Home Shinjuku aims to aid low-income single mothers in Tokyo with housing and jobs through a shared life. This project isn't just architecture; it's a product and strategy. It provides a toolkit and design guidelines, showcasing how surplus spaces in crowded Shinjuku can be transformed into spaces where single-mother families live and operate small businesses together. Its mission is to economically and socially empower these marginalized families to attain self-sufficiency and redefine concepts of home and family.