cafe/day
cafe/day
Schemata Architects / Jo Nagasaka
ARCHITECTS
Schemata Architects / Jo Nagasaka
CONSTRUCTION
Kato komuten
CONSTRUCTION
Kato komuten
PROJECT TEAM
Ryosuke yamamoto, kosuke nakano
COLLABORATORS
bach (book direction) / soup design (art direction) / shigeki fujishiro (bookshelf workshop) / jin kuramoto (pendant light workshop) / o.f.c(furniture) / ncn (wood angle)
PHOTO
Kenta hasegawa
SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2015
LOCATION
Numazu, Japan
TYPE
Commercial › Retail
Our challenge was to get everybody involved in the making of this cafe.
It is usually difficult to involve amateurs in the making process, as the quality would inevitably be lowered.
On the other hand, I don’t think it is ideal to have experts achieve a perfect quality, because users might feel too intimidated to touch and change it.
With such thoughts in mind, we designed a cafe that allows for everybody’s involvement in the making process, so that the cafe will be loved as their own place, and that the place will continue to change and grow while embracing all visitors.
We held numerous open workshops and made various items; Recycled chairs, instructed by Schemata Architects, were renewed old chairs thoroughly sanded to expose the inner surface.
All chairs regained the same fresh expressions while suggesting their individual characteristics at the same time; Lamp shades were made with instruction by Jin Kuramoto; Bookshelf units, composed of wooden boxes were made with instruction by Shigeki Fujishiro.
We asked Fumikazu Ohara (soup design) to do the signage plan and asked Yoshitaka Haba (BACH) to do the book direction. Thanks to all collaborators, we achieved this lively and fresh cafe space.
Kato Komuten, a local contractor, did all architectural construction; OFC, a local furniture manufacturer, did all furniture works; and NCN cooperated in the production of wood angles.
We are so grateful that many people actively took part in the making of this “handmade” cafe.
