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A bulky concrete apartment appears to hover above the glass roof of a patisserie at this combined home and workplace in Chiba Prefecture by Japanese studio Yuko Nagayama & Associates (+ slideshow).
Yoko Nayagama & Associates designed Katsutadai House to accommodate both the home and business of a family, but wanted the different functions to appear as two separate entities.
To achieve this, the architects recessed the middle floor of the three-storey building, creating a large void between the patisserie and the living and dining room of the apartment above.
They then added a glass roof over the patisserie and a window in the floor of the living room, allowing light to enter the building and letting residents peer down to catch a glimpse of the activities taking place below.
“During the daytime it will be a lightwell for a patisserie, and at night time the lights leaking from this aperture make it look like a treasure box has been opened,” explained the studio.
While the upper level has a windowless facade of exposed concrete, the walls of the patisserie have been rendered white to create a marbled effect.
Wooden doors slide back to invite customers inside the shop. A serving counter runs along the back wall of the space, while a kitchen and food preparation area are tucked away at the back.
A separate staircase leads up to the residence above, where a master bedroom and bathroom comprise the small first floor. The childrens’ room and extra bathroom are located above.
Photography is by Daici Ano.
Yuko Nagayama & Associates sent us this project description:
Katsutadai House
A dwelling with shop at Katsutadai, Chiba prefecture, Japan. The outer part of 1st floor is a patisserie and the inner part is a cuisine, 2nd and 3rd floor is a dwelling for a family of four people. This house has an aerial wedge in between 1st and 3rd floor, so that the upper part of dwelling is looks like floating above a patisserie as a view on street.
This aerial wedge will be changing its character as the photic layer with different times – during the daytime it will be a light-well for a patisserie, and the nighttime the lights leaking from this aperture look like a treasure box is opened. And we can see a sole of dwelling volume in a patisserie based on its transparent glass roof. The wall of shop along the street is planned to 1.8 metres height and it is gradually being higher toward the inside. That is based on our intention to create a familiar open space like an empty-lot where is just surrounded by low wall.
This house has an inter-observing relationship between a shop and a floating dwelling space that makes different independent existence in a single building simultaneously. Each space has a particular sense of distance to the surrounding environment.
A shop space is a kind of continuous exterior with the street scape where is only surrounded by low wall. And a dwelling space is more separated form the surroundings where is floating above the street and has non-openings along the street, so that dwellers cannot see other houses directly and vice versa.
Additionally, we put a kind of wind-path in a dwelling part that brings the wind and the sounds form the outside to the inside space, and then dwellers can be feel an atmosphere of the street. When we went their previous house for the first time (1st floor was a shop and 2nd floor was a dwelling), a curtain is closed due to concerning about the eyes from street, and they also troubled with the noise of their child’s footstep form upstairs to patisserie. Therefore, we also attempted a solution of those problems in the schematic design.
The approach is planed to have an attractive appearance with long length to change the mood between a shop and a dwelling. We intended to change a sense of distance to the surroundings with the situations – such as high public patisserie space and more independent dwelling space, and those senses of distance change the flow of time between the spaces in their life.
Architect: Yuko Nagayama & Associates/Yuko Nagayama, Yohei Kawashima
Location: Katsutadai,Yachiyo, Chiba, Japan
Function: dwelling with shop
Site area: 100 metres squared
Architectural area: 79.9 metres squared
Total floor area: 178.5 sqm
Structure: steel
Year: 2013
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Wire-encased lights are suspended above oak-topped counters at this bakery in Poland by designer Maciej Kurkowski (+ slideshow).
Situated in Piaseczno, a town south of Warsaw, Kurkowski’s Przystanek Piekarnia Bakery features a custom-designed shelving unit for storing and displaying bread.
The unit occupies one wall and is made from 626 plywood modules stained in four different hues.
A large blackboard covers the adjoining wall for advertising the day’s menu.
Black electrical cables run up the walls and across the ceiling, powering light bulbs surrounded by intricate wire shades.
Oak counter tops sit on plinths covered in matte white tiles and with bevelled edges.
One tile on each plinth is replaced with a plywood module engraved with the company logo.
Kurkowski was also involved in the design of the Zmianatematu cafe in Poland, which has an interior lined with plywood ribs.
Photography is by Paulina Sasinowska and Maciej Kurkowski.
Here is some more information from the designer:
“Przystanek Piekarnia”, Szkolna 12, Piaseczno
Krzosek Bakery is a family company established few generations ago in 1959. Its values combine respect for the tradition and a need for constant development. Interiors of their shops are an embodiment of this approach.
The commission was to create a coherent interior designs for a whole chain of their shops. Individual look of each interior is achieved by use of a stained birch plywood 450x70x20mm module, that can be used to create almost infinite parametric design variations, while the rest of the interior components remain the same. Depending on the interior the modules can form a built-in display rack or a sculptural suspended ceiling that folds over the wall morphing into display shelves.
The first realisation of the project is in Piaseczno. Key feature of the shop is a custom display shelving unit behind the counter made from 626 plywood modules stained in four warm hues. This allows to keep the rest of the elements used in the interior monochromatic, achieving a balanced look with lightly coloured manually applied coarse plaster, epoxy resin flooring and electrical cables laid on walls in black encasement.
Oak counters sit on white tiled plinths. Matte tiles with beveled edges, resembling those used for tile stoves delicately diffuse the light. In each plinth one tile is replaced with a plywood module with new logo of the company engraved in it.
Subtle lightning was created using Thomas Edison’s design inspired light bulbs with an intricate luminescent rod encased in wire fixtures allowing the glow to delicately seep through the gaps which creates elegant overall effect.
Other two main features used in all interiors are a blackboard wall for announcing special offers and stainless steel furnace for baking fresh buns and delicious cookies on site.
Author: Maciej Kurkowski
Location: Piaseczno, Poland
Client: Piekarnia Krzosek
Total Area: 25 m2
Usable Area: 19 m2
Volume: 64 m3
Design: 2013
Construction: 2013
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Dezeen archive: following a succession of stories about bakeries and patisseries over the past few days, here’s a round-up of shops selling bread, cakes and other sweet treats. See all patisseries on Dezeen »
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The second bakery to feature on Dezeen this week is designed by Japanese studio Airhouse Design Office and features a tree growing out of its curved timber counter (+ slideshow).
Located in the central Japanese prefecture of Gifu, Bread Table by Airhouse Design Office is small bakery with a shop space and kitchen divided by a structural plywood display counter.
Cane baskets piled with loaves of bread and wire racks of pastries are stacked at intervals along the counter, while translucent polycarbonate corrugated sheets line the front and give off a pink glow when the room is lit up in the evening.
The same corrugated sheets have also been used to line a wall and the interior of the door, which features a chunky wooden handle.
“The plywood counter can be used for a variety of purposes such as a display space, checkout counter or a working space to cut bread and knead dough,” said architect Keiichi Kiriyama.
The kitchen and selling space were designed to have equal weight, with the large table-like platform counter between them.
“For this shop with a small-sized staff the design enables the owner to always have knowledge of the shop situation and allows different actions depending on how much bread is produced,” Kiriyama said.
“As a result this creates an open atmosphere, fosters communication between the customers and bakers, and displays the process from the time the bread is baked to the moment it is sold,” he continued.
The whitewashed walls are lined with simple wooden shelves on each side of the shop space, filled with plants and more baked goods.
Also included are low-hung lamps, timber floorboards, and two stripped wooden chairs for customers next to the glass window front.
Other bakeries featured on Dezeen include a Portuguese bakery with a ceiling design to look like dripping cake topping, a Suffolk bakery with a magpie’s nest motif set in the serving counter and a Melbourne bakery with the interior designed as an oversized bread basket.
Another Airhouse Design Office project on Dezeen is a converted warehouse in Yoro with a bedroom and bathroom hidden inside a white box.
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Photography is by Toshiyuki Yano.
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French designer Sasufi used reclaimed wooden doors to recreate the decorative panelling of nineteenth century French interiors on the walls of this patisserie on the outskirts of Melbourne.
Bright white paint unifies the assortment of doors, which are arranged in a patchwork over two walls.
Shelving and display cupboards are slotted around the panels to present brightly-coloured packages containing herbal teas.
A low counter extends from one of the walls and is also lined with white-painted doors. Glass cabinets sit on top and are filled with a selection of macaroons and cakes.
The third wall of the patisserie is coloured with deep purple and decorated with antique porcelain plates.
“The interior design reflects two primary intentions: simplicity and contrast,” said Sasufi. “A clean white canvas has been created to form a backdrop to the colourful display of macarons and luxurious Kusmi Tea. A warm purple wall facing opposite provides a sense of contrast.”
White-painted chairs surround the rectangular tables and stand out against the dark tiles of the floor.
A small kitchen is located at the rear of the cafe and a leaded-glass window offers a glimpse inside.
Branding for the patisserie was completed by Melbourne creative agency Sense.
Sasufi, aka Anne-Sophie Poirier, is a French-born designer based in Melbourne. She launched her studio in 2010 and has also completed the Slowpoke cafe, which features a 12 metre-long wall covered in timber offcuts.
Other patisseries to open recently include a bakery designed as an oversized breadbasket and a Mexican shop dedicated to French macaroons.
Photography is by the designer.
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Slideshow: Australian practice March Studio conceived this Melbourne bakery as an oversized breadbasket.
The undulating wooden slats that cover the rear wall and ceiling of the shop function as shelves for storing and displaying breads of different shapes and sizes.
A wooden chopping board spans the length of the bakery to create a countertop with integrated pockets for scales, knives, crumb-catchers and checkouts.
March Studio were also the designers for a series of unusual shops for skincare brand Aesop – see them here.
Photography is by Peter Bennetts.
Here’s the story of the project from March Studio:
Baker D. Chirico
“Just bread”, he said, and passed us a loaf.
“Just bread?”, we said, and thought of containers for bread. Baskets, cooling racks, peels. A basket the size of a shop. A basket that was also a rack. A single gesture.
A Wall Of Bread.
Bread is a simple product, of few ingredients, traditionally displayed and sold simply.
The art of a baker such as D. Chirico is to perfect a simple process and do it like few others. The results are evident in their reputation.
At the Carlton edition of Baker D. Chirico, March Studio have taken inspiration from this example, crafting an interior with a simple purpose: to cool the bread fresh out of the oven, to display it naked of packaging and ready to be portioned and sold.
An undulation of CNC routed plywood forms wall and ceiling. Subtractions from the wall provide display areas for bread; the varying depths of the shelves and heights of the subtractions meticulously arranged to accommodate long baguettes, large round pagnotta, ficelle loaves and other creations. The variety and expanse of the wall gives freedom to arrange and alter the display according to mood or season.
“And I’ll sell it by the kilo”, he said, and showed us a knife.
“By the kilo?”, we said (we didn’t always repeat what he’d said as a question) and thought of chopping boards. A chopping board the size of a counter.
Standing in firm counterpoint to the wave of the bread wall, the central counter is conceived of as a giant chopping board, intended to wear and patina gracefully with age and use. Scales, crumb trays, knife holders and POS terminals each have a place on this working bench, all subsumed into the simple sales concept – chop loaf, wrap and sell.
“And maybe some nougat”, he said. “Nah, just bread”, we said.
Sugary treats are arranged like ingredients for potions inside this dimly lit patisserie in north Athens.
Greek firm Kois Associated Architects designed the shop, named Sweet Alchemy, for celebrity pastry chef Stelios Parliaros.
Some of the sweets and pastries on sale are contained inside neatly labelled jars, while others are divided up on large storage tables.
Sets of old-fashioned scales are positioned around the shop for weighing precise quantities.
In the shop window, more jars and containers are displayed within a floor-to-ceiling bronze shelving grid.
If you’re partial to pastries, you may want to check out the other patisseries we’ve featured, including a shop dedicated to macaroons.
Photography is by George Sfakianakis.
Here’s a little more text from Kois Associated Architects:
The project is the design of the new ‘Sweet Alchemy’ pastry shop in Athens Greece.
The store is located in the up market suburb of Kifisia in the northern region of Athens. The client is Stelios Parliaros who is considered to be the best Patisserie in Greece, author of many culinary books and host of a very popular patisserie show in Greek TV.
Alchemy a notion associated with darkness mystery and mysticism practiced in laboratories full of peculiar enigmatic devices, rare distils crystals and potions. These images were the starting point for the development of a central idea, the recreation of this atmosphere in a contemporary outtake.
The space is characterised by the high degree of transparency which was manipulated in order to diffuse the light and filter the optic penetration. The role of light was highly regarded and thoroughly studied since the beginning in order to create a unique solution for the particular location and user. Light and shadow change throughout the day giving the space a unique atmosphere every moment. Serenity is followed by tension and drama.
The punctured bronze skin of the main facades creates the impression of the chamber of treasures, of the golden cage which encloses the precious, the rare commodity, the sin of the pleasure of the forbidden fruit.
The philosophy behind the choice of materials was in tune with the philosophy of our client. Selection of the raw materials and no substitutes, Iron, bronze, copper and wood were selected for their natural characteristics and were only processed but not altered in order emulate an appearance.
Our purpose was not the stenographic representation of a mystic environment but the formulation of the spirit of the place, the ‘genius loci’, the atmosphere that will saturate the space and will transform it to a true place with its very own distinctive character.
The sense of mythical, the mysterious discovery and the transition to an other reality were the characteristics of the ‘Sweet Alchemy’ of Mr. Parliaros and those we wanted to transfuse to the new store.
Principal Architect: Kois Stelios
Design team: Patsiaouras nikos, Marielina Stavrou. Philipos Manolas
Construction: Korfiatis Kostas
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