Care House of the Wind Chimneys / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

The care house invites children with intractable diseases and their families who have difficulties traveling and help them recharge their vitality for their daily lives. Because many families will come prepared that it may be their last trip together, the client, “Dream for Children with Intractable Diseases and Their Families,” desired a place where children can be like children and parents to be like parents instead of an austere facility that treats children as patients and deepens the family connection through the travel experience. Should the child eventually passes away, it will be a place where the family can revisit and spend time quietly to remember. It was also requested for it to be a place to educate people to gain deeper compassion and kindness for others.

Care House of the Wind Chimneys / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Courtesy of Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Courtesy of Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
  • architects: Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
  • Location: Maeda, Onna, Kunigami District, Okinawa 904-0417, Japan
  • Project Year: 2020
  • Photographs: Courtesy of Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
  • Area: 318.0 m2

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