afh minideck: maeami-hama community house, miyagi, japan

Maeami-hama Community House

2013 • TOHOKU RECONSTRUCTIONMaeami-hama, Miyagi, Japan


This remote fishing village lost 35 houses and its fisherman’s center on 3-11-2011.


Suzuki-san caught pics of the water receding to the tsunami as he fled.


Tokyo architects KMDW designed a way for the fishermen to rebuild by themselves.


A CNC-cut, flat-packed structure circumvented post-disaster resource scarcity.


The fishermen, accustomed to physical work, needed little guidance to build.


After four months of construction, in Feb. 2013, the new community house opened.

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