Tablehat by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects
Courtyard gardens bite through the walls of this cafe in Japan by Tokyo studio Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects (+ slideshow).
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Glass screens allow views across the courtyards from each of the five dining areas that comprise the Tablehat cafe, some of which are only large enough to accommodate a single table.
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A wooden roof sits like a series of boxes atop the single-storey building, with openings that let daylight through to the plants and flowers in the courtyards.
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The cafe was constructed beside the client's house and a door leads into it from the side of the existing building.
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Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects more recently completed a controversial house with holes in the walls and floors.
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Photography is by Kai Nakamura.
Here's a short description from Hiroyuki Shinozaki:
Tablehat
This small cafe is built in the peaceful residential street of Odawara city.
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If it looks up, there are some on which the air of various sizes is likely to collect.
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On the scale as shown in a table, they stood in a row superficially and have floated, under them, tables, chairs, plants, and the kitchen are placed.
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The air as the exterior enclosed by the foundation of concrete and the air of various sizes which collects on it as an inside are making a border of inside and outside in the place with a height of 1.8 m.
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How to make a border as air of suchinside and outside is tried.
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Client: individual owner
Location: Kanagawa, Japan
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Site area: 341.19sqm
Built Area: 49.51sqm
Completion date: September 2011
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Plan – click above for larger image
Structure: Wood frame and reinforced concrete, 1 storey
Structure engineer: Tatsumi Terado Structural Studio
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Section – click above for larger image
Producer: Uemura Design Studio
Lighting design: Izumi Okayasu Lighting Design
Contractor: Sensyu, Ltd
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West elevation – click above for larger image