Upon integrating Blue Bottle Coffee ?? coming from America's West Coast culture ?? with the machiya (traditional townhouse) located along the approach way to Nanzenji Temple in Kyoto, we continued to focus on our design concept for all of the Blue Bottle Coffee shops we designed, which is to "create equal relationships" throughout the space.

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Architects: Jo Nagasaka / Schemata Architects

Location: 64 Kusakawacho Nanzenji Sakyo-ku Kyoto Japan

Project Team: Yui Matsushita

Construction: TANK, Atelier Loöwe INC.

Soup Design: HOSHIZAKI TOKYO CO.,ltd

Lighting Plan: Endo Lighting

Kitchen: HOSHIZAKI KEIHAN CO.,ltd

Plant Plan: Simple garden
Area: 217.0 m2

Project Year: 2018

Photographs: Takumi Ota

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Text description provided by the architects. Upon integrating Blue Bottle Coffee ?? coming from America's West Coast culture ?? with the machiya (traditional townhouse) located along the approach way to Nanzenji Temple in Kyoto, we continued to focus on our design concept for all of the Blue Bottle Coffee shops we designed, which is to "create equal relationships" throughout the space.

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The existing floor, raised 50cm above the ground conforming to a characteristic style of traditional ...