An 80-year-old house in a quiet residential area was converted into a café and residence.
While matching the design of the existing Japanese-style room with the new floor plan, we considered where the old mud walls, pillars, ceilings, and transoms should remain and combined them with new materials and finishes to create a space where the old and the new intersect. The contrast in color and texture between the long-aged materials and the new materials accentuates the expression of each, creating a unique space.
Photographer:OZAKI Masaki