Cups Kamakura Ọrụ Ime Ụlọ maka Kafe na Hotel by Takuji Kamio

Cups Kamakura Ọrụ Ime Ụlọ maka Kafe na Hotel by Takuji Kamio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ime Ụlọ na Ngosipụta Competition Category.

BronzIme Ụlọ· 2022

Cups Kamakura Ọrụ Ime Ụlọ maka Kafe na Hotel

by Takuji Kamio

Client: Cups Kamakura & the lounge

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ime Ụlọ Category

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The Design

About Cups Kamakura Ọrụ Ime Ụlọ maka Kafe na Hotel

Cups Kamakura bụ nhazi ime ụlọ maka ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ nke kafe nke na-arụkwa ọrụ dịka hotel. Ụlọ a chere ihu n'oke osimiri na Kamakura, Japan, nhazi ya ewetakwa n'echiche site na onyonyo mmiri. Emere eserese sitere na mmiri ma tinye ha n'ime oghere kafe na hotel site n'nlezianya n'ịhazi agba, ndabere ìhè anyanwụ, na nhọrọ ihe eji arụ ọrụ. Ụlọ a agabigala afọ 50, ya mere e wepụrụ mbadamba elu ụlọ iji gosipụta ozizi osisi mbụ. Emesiri osisi ahụ mma site na iji akwụna nchara ọcha na-egbukepụ egbukepụ, tinyekwa mkpọchi ígwè ọhụrụ maka nkwado.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Cups Kamakura Ọrụ Ime Ụlọ maka Kafe na Hotel meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Cups Kamakura Ọrụ Ime Ụlọ maka Kafe na Hotel ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Cups Kamakura Ọrụ Ime Ụlọ maka Kafe na Hotel na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Because the property is facing to the ocean, Kamio tried to expand the inspirations from water linked images. He made several graphics concerning to water and transformed the inspired images to attempt into cafe & hotel spaces by carefully dealing with color balance, sunlight reflection, and material selection.
Dimensions & Packaging: Gross Floor Area : 230 sqm
Tags: gluten free cafe, kamakura, ocean front hotel, Japanese resort hotel, private hotel
Production Technology: Kamio vailed off the all ceiling panels and showed the existing historical structures. He painted the wooden structures with clear glossy lacquer while adding steal supporting structures.
Design Challenge: One of the hardest parts in the design activity was structural preservation work. It was necessary to add new supporting structure to keep the enough building strength beside showing the original beautiful structure frames. It was very important to carefully match the old and new structure characteristics such as shape, color, and material in the space design balance.
Research: In building studies, the team took off the most of exterior and interior panels and checked the existing conditions. Also, in market studies, they researched the over 100 neighbor hotels and restaurants and tried to figure out the tendency of price, design, and atmosphere.
Inspiration: Cups Kamakura is a cafe restaurant, which also has the hotel function, located in front of a beach. The building has have more than 50 years history, and in the design works it was necessary to consider its special background influenced by the regionality and environmental aspects.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2020 and finished in July 2020 in Kamakura Japan.
Operation Flow: Because the building was already 50 years old, Kamio needed to work carefully on preservation and reproduction works. They proceeded demolition step by step, and decided the design details on each time depending on the area condition.
Patents: ICHII KAMIODESIGN
Team Members: Takuji Kamio
Ray Keida
Image Credits: ICHII KAMIODESIGN