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644 rooms Assembly “Tsukisima-Sou” Recently this area which used to be warehouses has changed to residential area with high-rise apartment buildings due to convenient transportation means to the center area of Tokyo. Tsukishima-Sou is new type shared-house, a collective of company dormitories, since those dormitories were owned by each company. This apartment has 644 rooms and the residents share the facilities such as kitchen, lounge etc. Furthermore, 644 rooms are divided into groups including around 50 rooms. Each group is called “Cluster” and they share the small similar facilities. The residents selected from each company enjoy their life only possible here, making use of merits of both living alone and living together, regardless of job type, age and nationality. SDA (Japan sign design Association) / Prize for Encouragement. Architect : Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Inc. Location: Tsukishima, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Complete date : 2013