Cups Kamakura Desain Interior Cafe jo Hotel by Takuji Kamio

Cups Kamakura Desain Interior Cafe jo Hotel by Takuji Kamio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Gangsa in Interior Competition Category.

GangsaInterior· 2022

Cups Kamakura Desain Interior Cafe jo Hotel

by Takuji Kamio

Client: Cups Kamakura & the lounge

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Cups Kamakura Desain Interior Cafe jo Hotel

Cups Kamakura adolah desain interior untuak sabuah kafe restoran nan juo bafungsi sabagai hotel. Bangunan iko manghadok ka lauik di Kamakura, Jepang, sarato desainnyo diinspirasi dek gambaran-gambaran aia. Grafis nan babasih dari aia dirancang jo diaplikasikan ka ruang kafe jo hotel malalui karajo nan tapinci dalam kaseimbangan warno, pantulan cahayo matoari, sarato pamiliahan bahan. Bangunan ko lah labiah dari 50 tahun umuanyo, jadi panel plafon dilapehkan untuak mampalihatan struktur kayu aslinyo. Kayu tasabuik dipoles jo lak bening nan mangkilek, sarato ditambahkan pulo panyangga baja nan baru.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

Cups Kamakura Desain Interior Cafe jo Hotel adolah pamenang A' Design Award Gangsa, sabuah pangakuan nan sangaik bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan cemerlang nan dicirikan dek kreativitas, kacerdikan jo kabijaksanaan. Pamenang Gangsa adolah karya nan cukuik mahir jo kreatif sacaro mangesankan nan mamastikan pangalaman nan luas, imajinasi jo kacerdikan parancangnyo. Cups Kamakura Desain Interior Cafe jo Hotel dipaokan manjadi bando nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan profesional jo inovatif sacaro nampak. Rancangan nan manang Gangsa iko mamuek praktik tabaik dalam seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi jo cemerlang dalam parhatian ka rincian. Cups Kamakura Desain Interior Cafe jo Hotel mamanuhi kaparluan jo elok, manyantuah karinduan, mamikaik parasaan jo manarik raso ingin tahu.

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