Cups Kamakura 咖啡廳與酒店室內設計 by Takuji Kamio

Cups Kamakura 咖啡廳與酒店室內設計 by Takuji Kamio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.

銅室內· 2022

Cups Kamakura 咖啡廳與酒店室內設計

by Takuji Kamio

Client: Cups Kamakura & the lounge

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 室內 Category

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The Design

About Cups Kamakura 咖啡廳與酒店室內設計

Cups Kamakura係一間集咖啡廳、餐廳同酒店於一身嘅室內設計項目。呢座建築物坐落喺日本鎌倉、面向大海,整個設計靈感源自水嘅意象。設計團隊以水為主題創作圖案,並透過對色彩平衡、陽光反射效果同物料選擇嘅細心處理,將呢啲圖案融入咖啡廳同酒店空間之中。由於建築物樓齡已超過50年,設計團隊特意拆除天花板嵌板,展現原有嘅木結構;木材以透明光澤漆料進行修飾處理,並加設咗全新嘅鋼製支撐結構。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Cups Kamakura 咖啡廳與酒店室內設計是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Cups Kamakura 咖啡廳與酒店室內設計將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Cups Kamakura 咖啡廳與酒店室內設計出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

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