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Cups Kamakura Famolavolana anaty trano ho an'ny Kafe sy Hotely by Takuji Kamio

Cups Kamakura Famolavolana anaty trano ho an'ny Kafe sy Hotely by Takuji Kamio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Varahina in Famolavolana Habaka Anatiny ary Fampisehoana Competition Category.


VarahinaAnatiny· 2022

Cups Kamakura Famolavolana anaty trano ho an'ny Kafe sy Hotely

by Takuji Kamio

Client: Cups Kamakura & the lounge

A' Design Award Varahina Winner in Anatiny Category

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The Design

About Cups Kamakura Famolavolana anaty trano ho an'ny Kafe sy Hotely

Ny Cups Kamakura dia famolavolana anaty trano ho an'ny kafe misy sakafo izay hotely koa. Ny trano dia manatrika ny ranomasina any Kamakura, Japon, ary ny famolavolana dia maka aingam-panahy avy amin'ny sarin'ny rano. Nisy sary an-tsary mifototra amin'ny rano noforonina sy nampiharina tao amin'ny toeran'ny kafe sy hotely, tamin'ny alalan'ny asa nokarakaraina tsara momba ny fifandanjan'ny loko, ny fitaratry ny tara-masoandro ary ny fisafidianana ny akora. Efa mihoatra ny 50 taona ny trano, ka nesorina ny takelaky ny valindrihana mba hampisehoana ny rafitra hazo tany am-boalohany. Ny hazo dia nofeloina tamin'ny ranon-kazo mamirapiratra ary nisy fanamafisana vy vaovao nampidirina.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Varahina

Nandresy ny A' Design Award Varahina ny famolavolana Cups Kamakura Famolavolana anaty trano ho an'ny Kafe sy Hotely, fankasitrahana malaza be omena ny famolavolana miavaka izay mampiavaka ny fahaiza-mamorona, ny fahazotoana ary ny fahamaotinan-tsaina. Ny mpandresy Varahina dia zavatra vita tanana mahay dia mahay ary mamorona mivantana izay manamafy ny traikefa be dia be, ny sarintsaina ary ny fahaizan-kafoy an'ny mpamolavola azy. Andrasana ho zavatra ankasitrahana be, ankafizina ary tiana, mahay amin'ny asa sady vaovao ny famolavolana Cups Kamakura Famolavolana anaty trano ho an'ny Kafe sy Hotely. Ity famolavolana nandresy ny A' Design Award Varahina ity dia mitahiry ny fomba fanao tsara indrindra amin'ny zavakanto, ny siansa, ny famolavolana ary ny teknolojia, ary tsara indrindra amin'ny fitandremana ny antsipirihany. Ny famolavolana Cups Kamakura Famolavolana anaty trano ho an'ny Kafe sy Hotely dia mahafa-po ny filana tsara, mikasika ny faniriana, mahasarika ny fihetseham-po ary misarika ny fahalianana.

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

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