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## Home/Work Village: A Refreshing โขRepurpose of aโข Tokyo School
World-Today-News.com reports on the opening of Home/Work Village in Ikejiri-Ohashi, โTokyo, a unique cultural complex โbuilt โฃon the site of โtheโค former setagaya Municipal Ikejiri junior High School [[1]]. This โproject is a refreshing departure from the common practice of demolishing older buildings in Tokyo to make way for โnewer, taller structures โข [[1]].
Home/Workโข Village transforms the abandoned school into a multi-purpose hub, offering offices, restaurants, a cafรฉ, an โart gallery, and various shops [[1]]. The project is aโ collaborative effort by creatives โincluding Shinya Manaka ofโค Old โFashioned Store,โ shintaro Uchinuma of โฃSanposha, andโฃ Miho Koshiba of Mirai Institute [[1]].
The space utilizes the entire school grounds, including classrooms and โthe gymnasium, and even features a rooftop communal farm and beekeeping zone, Art โขFarm โฃIkejiri, โฃopen to members [[1]].
Notable venues โคwithin Home/Work Village โคinclude To Tsu, a book loungeโข and coffee stand created by design firm Takram โฃand secondhandโค bookseller โValue Books [[1]]. โค Midori.so,โฃ a co-working space,โ also hasโฃ a locationโฃ within theโ complex [[1]].
