A tenant building built on the site overlooks the Maruyama Park, the place of recreation and relaxation for Sapporo citizen. The client requested the portion of the building to be used as a residence in the future. Due to such request, the overall form of the building is designed to maintain the calm atmosphere as a residence, while the first floor and the second floor containing a store having higher transparency to be able to show the presence as the shop to outside.
The space surrounding a small entrance court gives moderate distances between the different stores next to each other. At the same time, it creates loose sense of unity for the stores to share the outside space changing daily. As the trees planted in the court grow over time, it deepens the continuity of the building and the park.