Cafe KBT - conversion | JAM / Jun Murata

The site is a place dotted with the historical building near by which is a national park in Nara. The site is surrounded by the private house and faces the narrow walk way. The main building of the steel frame set back 3 m from the road was used considering the first floor as a vegetable store. Furthermore, aside from this main building, an alley is connected in the inner part of a site to a wooden detached building, and also the southern small yard is followed. It is a renovation for diverting the first floor portion of this main building to some other purpose to a cafe this time. All generations' family lived and local young artists have also gathered near this. Moreover, it was called for that the tourist who takes a walk the famous place and a prestigious professional name is also coming and going frequently, and becomes the relaxation for them and a place of a talk. miscellaneous goods and furniture which construction came out by selection of the simplest possible material, and selection of the simple detail, was constituted, and were examined carefully -- interior design -- 設えられている. A big opening is prepared in the north side which indirect light pours, and a soft light is taken by the inside where depth is deep. A rough-planed alcove slab and fittings are directing old appearance. serious in a cookroom and a seat -- the opening of the rectangle for a cupboard and the opening half a month type [ for the supply counter of cooking ] are dug by the arrival る wall. In recent years, in this town, the ateliers and art galleries for a local artist are increasing in number, and the whole town shows the sign of the town revitalization by an art. In the future, the second floor portion of this main building is planned in the atelier for an artist. Moreover, the vegetable garden for organic agriculture is cherished and a gradual plan for the renovation of the wooden detached building to be carried out at the Japanese-style restaurant which serves it is carried out. It expects to become history and a place of the relaxation absorbed in the thought to an art in calm time.