The "Iwakuni Station South Area Urban Redevelopment Project" planned by the Iwakuni Station South Area Urban Redevelopment Association received business approval from the Governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 30. A 20-story redevelopment building with a total area of 32,190 square meters will be built adjacent to the plaza in front of the west exit of Iwakuni Station. The redevelopment association aims to start demolition of the existing facility in April 2025, start construction in October 2025, and complete it in September 2028.
Image of completed redevelopment building (from Iwakuni City documents)
Participating in the redevelopment project are Jun Mitsui (Representative Director of Jun Mitsui & Associates Architectural Design Office) as general consultant, Penta-Ocean Construction and Daiwa House Industry as business partners, and Urban Design Alliance as business advisor.
The redevelopment projects aim to rebuild urban functions, develop new facilities, and promote life in the city, and are necessary urban functions for the city center as the projects promote the creation of an environment that creates bustle and vitality in the city center. business facilities, public facilities, apartment complexes, and parking lots. The planned site is approximately 0.9 hectares in size and is located in Marifu-cho 1 and 2, Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The construction area is approximately 5,830 square meters. The facility has 20 floors and a total area of 32,190 square meters.
Commercial and business facilities will be located on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors below, while public facilities will be located on the 3rd and 4th floors. In order to consider the convenience of urban functions and create a bustling customer experience for commercial facilities and users of public facilities that will become new infrastructure, a universal design has been adopted for multi-generational urban living purposes from the 4th to the 20th floors. The development of apartment buildings (about 130 units) will encourage the revitalization of the city center by increasing the number of visitors and permanent residents.
The commercial facilities and community spaces will be located opposite National Route 188, connecting to the West Exit Station Plaza and Hondori Shopping District, and will be designed so that the movement of people passing through the facility can be seen from the outside, creating a space. The vivid visual effect will create a lively, lively atmosphere for the area in front of the station and the shopping district. The facility will be planned taking into account the urban planning that will become the face of the station, such as creating an iconic design for the upper floors where the residential area is located.
The parking lot will be divided into a parking building, with connecting corridors on the 3rd floor of the facility allowing access from each floor and will be developed into a parking lot for visitors and residents to meet the growing parking needs. I do.
In the center of the first floor of the facility, a through-passage will be built as a prefectural facility at the same location as the current route of Route 27 in Marifu-cho, which will be abolished. In addition to retaining some of the functions of the existing route, such as securing a pedestrian route leading to the city's bicycle parking lot on the side of the road, only the first floor wall facing the street and the station plaza will be set back to create a spacious space for pedestrians. space. .
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