Cups Kamakura Design de Interiores de Café e Hotel by Takuji Kamio

Cups Kamakura Design de Interiores de Café e Hotel by Takuji Kamio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design de Espaços Interiores e Exposições Competition Category.

BronzeInterior· 2022

Cups Kamakura Design de Interiores de Café e Hotel

by Takuji Kamio

Client: Cups Kamakura & the lounge

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Cups Kamakura Design de Interiores de Café e Hotel

Cups Kamakura é um projeto de design de interiores para um café-restaurante que também funciona como hotel. O edifício está voltado para o oceano em Kamakura, no Japão, e o design inspira-se em imagens de água. Foram criados grafismos baseados na água e aplicados aos espaços do café e do hotel por meio de um trabalho cuidadoso de equilíbrio cromático, reflexão da luz solar e seleção de materiais. O edifício tem mais de 50 anos, por isso os painéis do teto foram removidos para revelar a estrutura original em madeira. A madeira recebeu acabamento em laca transparente brilhante e foram acrescentados novos suportes de aço.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Cups Kamakura Design de Interiores de Café e Hotel conquistou o A' Design Award de Bronze, um reconhecimento altamente prestigiado atribuído a designs notáveis que se distinguem pela criatividade, engenho e perspicácia. Os vencedores do Bronze são artefactos amplamente habilidosos e surpreendentemente criativos que comprovam a vasta experiência, imaginação e capacidade de iniciativa dos seus designers. Espera-se que Cups Kamakura Design de Interiores de Café e Hotel seja um objeto muito considerado, admirado e estimado, notavelmente profissional e inovador. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora as melhores práticas em arte, ciência, design e tecnologia e é excelente pela sua atenção ao detalhe. Cups Kamakura Design de Interiores de Café e Hotel satisfaz esplendidamente necessidades, toca desejos, encanta sentimentos e desperta curiosidade.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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