我们由北九州市政府委托研究七块不同的场地并设计一种新的公共资助的公寓模式以取代建于五十年代破败的公寓楼。新的公寓要给每户都提供独立的花园、南向的起居室以及格外的临时停车位。场地位于京平市，一边是繁忙的城市重要交通动脉，一边是安静的传统社区。经过与当地建筑师城市规划师以及社区委员会的沟通，最后的建筑包括了高层和底层两部分，并且围绕着中心庭园展开布局。
高层部分都是单层老年户型，低层部分都是由普通家庭户型组成。高层的户型平面为楔形，以达到更大的景观面以及更短的公共走廊的目的。低层户型都有跟中心公共花园连接的私用地面花园，并且由二层的一个公共走廊与周围社区的其他公共设施所连接。

We were retained by the city of Kitakyushu to study seven sites for new publicly-funded housing to replace run-down apartment blocks built in the Fifties. The new housing is intended to provide important amenities such as individual gardens for each unit and south-facing living spaces and to accommodate contemporary demands for parking. This project develops on those sites in the Kadota neighborhood, bounded on one side by a busy arterial street and on the other by a traditional neighborhood. Working with local architects, city planning staff and community representatives, the site plan was developed to include both high- and low-rise portions, and to create a large central garden.

The high-rise element of the project includes single story units for elderly residents, while the low-rise portions are made up of townhouse units oriented toward families. High rise units are wedge shaped to open to views of the mountains and shorten the access gallery. The townhouse units have private, ground level gardens that connect to the public green.The entire project is linked by an upper level walkway that works with existing topography to connect at grade to community facilities on an adjacent site.