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Blue Bottle Coffee Kanda Manseibashi Cafe

Blue Bottle Coffee Kanda Manseibashi Cafe
© Takumi Ota
Blue Bottle Coffee Kanda Manseibashi Cafe
© Takumi Ota

BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE KANDA MANSEIBASHI CAFE

Schemata Architects

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Jo Nagasaka / Schemata Architects

LIGHTING PLAN
Modulex

MANUFACTURERS
Bootleg, HOSHIZAKI

PROJECT TEAM
Yasunori Nakano

CONSTRUCTION
TANK

ACOUSTIC DESIGN
WHITELIGHT.Ltd

PHOTOGRAPHS
Takumi Ota

AREA
24 m²

YEAR
2018

LOCATION
Chiyoda City, Japan

CATEGORY
Coffee Shop, Renovation

Text description provided by architect.

This tiny cafe at Kanda Manseibashi is the eleventh store Blue Bottle Coffee opened in Japan.

Blue Bottle Coffee Kanda Manseibashi Cafe
© Takumi Ota
Blue Bottle Coffee Kanda Manseibashi Cafe
© Takumi Ota

It is their smallest store with a floor area of 25m2 and the first takeout-only cafe without seating inside.

It is situated under a 100-year old railway bridge (for the Chuo Line) constructed of brick. Our design focused on how to integrate the cafe into this attractive existing environment with a long history.

Blue Bottle Coffee Kanda Manseibashi Cafe
© Takumi Ota
Blue Bottle Coffee Kanda Manseibashi Cafe
© Takumi Ota

We removed the existing plasterboard finishes on the walls and ceiling and incorporated the exposed structure made of red bricks and concrete in the space.

The white volume constituting a counter is placed as if being wrapped inside the solid structural frame. We hope this tiny cafe will continue to integrate with the city.

Blue Bottle Coffee Kanda Manseibashi Cafe
© Takumi Ota


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