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Over time with the aging of the Japanese population, older people encountered loneliness, depression due to lack of close family ties. The issues also applied to the A-framed megastructure Kawaramachi housing project. By doubling its public space and transferring old interior A-frame space to a bigger A-framed campus, college and residence clashed into the new proposal bringing vitality back to the old community.