We renovated the office of a local coffee beans store. We trying to establish a small economic network bearing the responsibility of all processes of timber-from design to sawing, processing and selling timber-by maximizing the old community around timber in the area. The client, the architect and those who helped us provide timber knew each other. In this town, a community has been already established around timber but the community has been weakened in an aging society. However, we have noticed recently that a new generation has entered and reactivated the community.

Country
Japan

Year
2019

Client
MATSUMOTO Coffee

Affiliation
Uzulab

Designer
MASAAKI TAKEUCHI, SHIHOKO KOIKE, HIMIKA MASAGO

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