Architects Atelier Ryo Abe

“Nagareru is an experimental gathering place newly created by the team at Yuzuriha, a social welfare corporation that has long supported people facing various difficulties such as abuse and poverty. It was born from the desire to create a place unconstrained by conventional frameworks of welfare.”
Excerpt from the Nagareru website: https://nagareru.acyuzuriha.com

For those facing difficulties, and for those who are not. A place where everyone can move through the city as part of it, and pause when they need to.

While serving as a shelter for consultation support and temporary refuge for people in hardship, the lower floor is opened to the town as a café and a place for exchange. The building is a shop building located in an old temple-front town, and has undergone repeated renovations over many years.

In response to the accumulated fatigue of the building, infrastructure piping such as gas, water, and electricity was renewed, while waterproofing and structural reinforcement were carried out to restore the building to a sound condition. At the same time, memories remaining in the town—such as the entrance canopy—were preserved, and various plants were placed throughout the architecture. A series of design gestures were layered to help the building blend into the neighborhood while bringing new life into it.

“Nagareru” is not a completed facility. It is a place that gradually changes its form according to each situation, as architecture and people continue to relate to one another.

Architects Atelier Ryo Abe was involved from the earliest stages of the project, including concept development and property search. Through dialogue, we shared the process of spatial design and consistently carried the project through to construction supervision. Even after the completion of construction, we continue to work alongside the operating team, making adjustments and providing support in response to how the space is used and how relationships among people change, aiming for a design in which a sense of security grows over time.

ながれる

“「ながれる」は、虐待や貧困など、さまざまな困難に直面する人々をサポートしてきた「社会福祉法人子供の家ゆずりは」が、これまでの福祉の枠組みにとらわれない場所を作りたいという想いから新たに生まれた、実験的な集いの場。”
（ながれる ウェブサイトより抜粋：https://nagareru.acyuzuriha.com）

困難を抱える人も、そうでない人も。誰もが街の一部として行き交い、立ち止まれる場所。相談支援や困窮社の一時避難のためのシェルターでありながらも、階下はカフェや交流の場として建物はまちに開かれている。建物は古い門前街に建つ、長年にわたり改修が繰り返されてきた店舗ビルである。蓄積された建物の疲労に対し、ガス・水道・電気などインフラ配管の更新と、防水・構造的な補強を行い、建物のコンディションを健全な状態に整えた。 一方で、入り口の庇など、街に残る記憶は継承し、建築全体に多様な植物を配置。近隣に溶け込みながら新しい息づかいを吹き込むようにデザイン的な工夫を重ねている。
「ながれる」は、完成された施設ではない。建築と人とが関わり合いながら、その時々の状況に応じて、少しずつ姿を変えていく場所である。安部良アトリエではコンセプトづくりや物件探しといったプロジェクトの初期段階から関わり、対話を通じ空間設計のプロセスを共有し、工事監理までを一貫して担当した。工事完了後も運営チームと並走しながら、使われ方や、人々の関係性の変化に応じた調整やサポートを続け、時間とともに安心感が育っていくデザインを目指している。