Introducing Café and Patisserie in a Former Materials Storage Yard | Hapshuu Cake & Cafe, an example of Architect / Design office facility architecture in 302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka by Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates.
Counter and seating layout that makes use of the original double-height space.
Approach finished in curved trowelled mortar.
Evening view.
Projecting bay, sliding windows and door. Fabric signage was produced to correspond to the openings of varying sizes.
Counter constructed of stacked concrete blocks. Behind it are movable shelving and a workspace.
Display case and cash register embedded into the mortar-finished counter.
Existing staircase boxed in with plywood and finished with an oil finish.
Existing staircase boxed in with plywood and finished with an oil finish.
Second-floor balustrade and stair handrail fabricated integrally from steel flat bar.
Loft floor opened above part of the seating area to create a sense of openness.
Second-floor seating. The counter was made by removing the old shop sign and planing and reworking it in the workshop.
The stair up to the loft also reuses existing components, trimmed to half their original width.