Hyogo Station West Residential is a multifunctional complex completed in 1985 in Hyogo Ward, Kobe, designed by Sakakura Architects' Osaka Office in collaboration with Kobe City's Housing Department. This comprehensive development integrates residential apartments, child welfare facilities, educational spaces, administrative offices, and transportation infrastructure into a cohesive urban composition. The project exemplifies the systematic approach to mixed-use urban development characteristic of 1980s Japanese architecture, demonstrating how diverse municipal functions can be efficiently organized within a single architectural framework while serving the local community's varied needs.