also: きょうどうさぎょうじょ
noun
welfare workshop; collaborative workshop
A facility where people with disabilities or other community members engage in light work or vocational training, often under social welfare programs. The term can also refer to a general collaborative workspace.
彼女は共同作業所で手工芸品を作っている。
She makes handicrafts at the welfare workshop.
地域の共同作業所が新しいプロジェクトを始めた。
The local collaborative workshop started a new project.
Compound of 共同 (kyōdō, 'joint, collaborative') and 作業所 (sagyōsho, 'workshop'). The term emerged in the context of social welfare and community work programs.