Case-Real combines a patisserie with a wine bar in Fukuoka
Three concrete steps lead inside this combined patisserie and wine bar that Case-Real has completed amongst the high-rise blocks of Fukuoka, Japan (+ slideshow).
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Case-Real, the architecture studio led by Japanese designer Koichi Futatsumata, designed the small Wine & Sweets Tsumons shop and bar for a client who is both a baker and a sommelier.
Despite being surrounded by an assortment of towering office blocks and residential buildings, the client requested "a one-storey oasis in the city jungle", where she could sell both her confectionary and wine.
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"As a result of many meetings with her, we decided to create architecture as if it presented her character as an artisan," said the Case-Real team, whose past projects have included a pastry shop and tearoom and a shop-cum-gallery, both also in Fukuoka.
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"We aimed at providing architecture which has an earnest and dignified sight, contrasting with the bustle of the city," they said.
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The result is a narrow 65-square-metre structure with a shop at the front, a bar in the middle and a kitchen tucked away at the back.
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A narrow passage runs along the southern edge of the building. Sheltered beneath the sloping roof, this space sit beneath a row of skylights intended to create the impression of a light-filled courtyard.
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"These space compositions allow the shop to retain a calm atmosphere, contrasting with the busy street," said the team. "Additionally, the background of both main spaces becomes an annex letting mild light in."
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Climbing plants including ivy are being encouraged to grow up alongside the wall, and eventually extend up over the sloping roof.
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"The roof will eventually become another facade and it will have a presence of a spot garden for the people who live in the neighbourhood," added the designers.
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Inside, a large concrete platform provides a display counter for a colourful array of cakes, pastries and other sweet treats, protected underneath glass screens.
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Bottles of wines and spirits are presented on the opposite wall, slotted between the columns and beams of the building's exposed wooden structure.
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A free-standing aggregate wall offers visual separation between the shop and the bar beyond, where furniture by Japanese manufacturer E&Y offers seating for up to eight customers.
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Koichi Futatsumata first established Case-Real in 2000, but also designs furniture under his own name, including a mobile made up of steel branches and a vacuum tube amplifier.
Photography is by Hiroshi Mizusaki.
Here is some project data from the architects:
Design: Koichi Futatusmata, Tomoki Katada (Case-Real)
Design Cooperation, Construction: Jikuu-kenchiku-koubou
Lighting Plan: Masaaki Sato (ModuleX FUKUOKA)
Manufacture of Furniture: E&Y
Photo: Hiroshi Mizusaki
Client: Wine & Sweets Tsumons
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