The area around Hotei Station is expected to be transformed into a city where people of different generations live in the next 20 years, as the railway line is elevated to eliminate the east-west divide between the station and the surrounding road network is developed for urbanization. This facility, located in front of the east exit of Hotei Station, is planned to be a "base for enriching and coloring the city where people's lives flourish," where public and commercial facilities, led by the city library, will coexist.

The public facilities are located in front of the East Station Square, which will be the starting point for the future development of the station and will serve as the southern gateway to Konan City, welcoming visitors and citizens returning home, and creating a new face for Hotei Station. The coexisting commercial facilities were located on the east side of the site to provide easy access to the parking lot from the urban planning road on the north side of the site and were connected to the public facilities. The two facilities formed a sense of unity as the new flower of the city while providing convenience that contributes to a richer lifestyle for all citizens.

In designing this public facility, we considered two important points.
The first was to create an eye-catching design that would be appropriate for the future of Konan. To reduce the heat load and ensure a comfortable indoor environment by shielding the building from direct sunlight, the facade on the station side is covered with aluminum expanded metal shades, and a square opening is symbolically inserted in front of the event hall. The building is designed to be in harmony with the delicacy of traditional bamboo craftsmanship, while at the same time casual and fashionable enough to be used as an everyday facility, giving it a flamboyant image appropriate for the future of Konan City.

The other is to rationally connect the good relationship between public and commercial facilities and the four functions of the combined public facilities in the entrance hall. While allowing free traffic from the plaza in front of East Station to the commercial facilities and parking lot through the entrance hall, the vertical flow lines of stairs, escalators, and elevators are integrated into the four-story atrium, and the atmosphere of the library, health center, and childcare support center on the upper floors is created to overflow into this introductory space.