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Renovation of a 50-year-old wooden house. Planned mainly for an elderly couple, with modifications to the floor plan in response to changes in the family environment and improvements to the seismic performance.

The couple wished to shift their daily life from the second floor to the first floor and make the layout livable; the small divided rooms on the first floor were converted into one large, easy-to-move space, and the water system was rearranged. Minimal structural reinforcement was carried out, the insulation environment was improved, equipment and appliances were updated, and pillars that could not be removed were shifted to their appropriate positions.