Hoo. Café

Hoo. Café
© Junichi Usui

Hoo. Café 

Koyori

ARCHITECTS
Koyori

CONSTRUCTION
Maruchu Archibuild, Shogo Fukuda

FURNITURE
Fuukei, Keisuke Sato

MANUFACTURERS
Modulex

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Nahoko Nakamura (Koyori)

LIGHTING
Modulex Inc., Satoshi Odani

ATELIER SALT
Yoji Fujiwara

PHOTOGRAPHS
Junichi Usui

AREA
62 M²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Kyoto, Japan

CATEGORY
Coffee Shop, Refurbishment, Coffee Shop Interiors

Hoo. Café
© Junichi Usui
Hoo. Café
© Junichi Usui

loose Kyoto is a coffee and donut shop located in Kyoto’s Shimizuzaka.

Hoo. Café
© Junichi Usui
Hoo. Café
© Junichi Usui

This is their plan for the second store.

The location is a prominent Kyoto machiya situated in the Nakagyo Ward, at the heart of Kyoto.

Hoo. Café
© Junichi Usui
Hoo. Café
© Junichi Usui

Many of the building’s components were in a deteriorated state, but they chose to perceive their condition as a value woven by time and focused on the core concept of the plan, which is to carry out minimal repairs and reuse the building.

Considering the nature of a Kyoto machiya, where many parts of the existing structure were finished with wood and earth-based materials, they decided to incorporate elements such as “doma” (earthen floor) and “susa” (straw), which are not commonly seen today, into the middle coating.

Hoo. Café
© Junichi Usui
Hoo. Café
© Junichi Usui

They believed that these elements would develop a more unique expression over time due to aging.

Furthermore, they utilized vintage bricks and raw-cut wood to create tables, chairs, and other harmonizing materials, arranging them in a contemporary spatial design to produce a serene atmosphere.

Hoo. Café
© Junichi Usui
Hoo. Café
© Junichi Usui
Hoo. Café
© Junichi Usui


Hoo. Café
© Junichi Usui
Hoo. Café
© Junichi Usui
Hoo. Café
© Junichi Usui
Hoo. Café
© Junichi Usui
Hoo. Café
© Junichi Usui


Hoo. Café
Upper Floor Plan
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Ground Floor Plan


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