Merci Kafe by Yuma Sato is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Gangsa in Arsitektur Competition Category.

GangsaArsitektur· 2025

Merci Kafe

by Yuma Sato

Client: Koto Architecture Lab Inc

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Arsitektur Category

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The Design

About Merci Kafe

Merci marupokan kafe tanaman nan dibangun di kawasan pedesaan, di antaro duo kota. Kafe iko dikaliliangi dek jalan-jalan sarato manghadok ka pamandangan pedesaan nan indah. Metode konstruksi kayu sarato paitungan struktural nan canggih mambuek langik-langik nan lapang tabuka. Atrium tabuka di bagian tangah mambuek kasatuan pado ruang-ruang nan babeda sarato mangisi bagian dalam jo cahayo alami, sahinggo tacipto tampek nan tanang di sapanjang hari. Lantai dibuek dari ampas kopi daur ulang nan dipadekan jo semen, sadangkan dindiang lua manggunokan bahan-bahan alami. Bahan-bahan lokal disajikan di siko, mandukuang sirkulasi regional sarato masyarakat sekitar.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

Merci Kafe 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. Merci Kafe 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. Merci Kafe mamanuhi kaparluan jo elok, manyantuah karinduan, mamikaik parasaan jo manarik raso ingin tahu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This is a plant cafe where you can enjoy scenic rural views. It values nature and utilizes its facility surrounded by roads to create a space filled with natural light, making it a relaxing environment at any time of the day. The open atrium brings unity to the diverse spaces. Additionally, we focus on using more natural materials to create a sophisticated atmosphere.
Tags: cafe,regional circulation, nature,universality, coexistence
Production Technology: The building was constructed using wooden construction methods. Advanced structural calculations were employed, making extensive use of open ceilings. The finishing materials included flooring made from recycled products of coffee grounds solidified with cement, and the outer walls used natural materials, resulting in a sustainable building.
Research: In this architecture, the most important thing is a space for creating a new and nostalgic future that blends in with the community. We aimed for a space that maximizes the goodness of the area while being able to design for the future.
Inspiration: The idea was to build a peaceful structure in the countryside that connects the two cities.
Amidst the aging population and depopulation, it was crucial to support the local cycle and create a landscape loved by the community.
Project Duration: We will continue to expand, starting with Okayama City in 2024. We aim to open multiple stores in the future.
Operation Flow: This building is a cafe open to the local community, and a space that aims to promote local circulation. It aims to be an indigenous land that uses local ingredients. It also has an eye on inbound tourism, as a place where people can enjoy sightseeing at traditional Japanese facilities that are a tourist resource for the region.
Team Members: sen ko home
Image Credits: photo:Iku Asanuma