SHOTENKENCHIKU /December , 2020
2020/11/27 2020
December 2020, SUMMARY
SHOTENKENCHIKU is monthly magazine of Japanese interior design / store design / commercial architecture
NEW SHOP ENVIRONMENT
YOKOHAMA BAYCOURT CLUB HOTEL & SPA RESORT /
THE KAHALA HOTEL & RESORT YOKOHAMA
（Page 54）
Yokohama Baycourt Club Hotel & Spa Resort is a membership
resort hotel and this time it combined with Hawaiian prestigious
The Kahala Hotel & Resort Yokohama in one building, to make a
new landmark in Yokohama. The exterior of the building
represents a movement of the sea surface. The curtain wall
reflects the colors of the sky and express glitter and transparency
of the sea and east side façade depicts the sea waves. On the
third floor, there is a reflection pool to express continuity of
atmosphere, and it gives hotel guests a comfortable feeling by
keeping their privacy.
Designer : KANKO KIKAKU SEKKEISHA
NEW SHOP ENVIRONMENT
GREEN SPRINGS
（Page 78）
Urban development project GREEN SPRINGS was planned in a
national park in Tachikawa city, Tokyo. It includes a hotel, office,
music hall, museum and commercial complex. The total design
theme is “ a well-being town” and the architecture introduced
healing power of the nature keeping balance with the natural
surroundings. The second floor has an artificial ground and a
square with rich green, upon a concept by “engawa (edging strip)
of town”. Interior and exterior look as they are fused here, for a lot
of folding doors and sliding doors are used.
Designer : STUDIO TAKU SHIMIZU + LANDSCAPE PLUS
FEATURE ARTICLE
CAFE & COFFEE STAND
AKITSU TOSHIZANE COFFEE
（Page 105）
Located in a residential area in Akitsu-machi, Hiroshima, AKITSU
TOSHIZANE COFFEE is a cafe and roasting factory, which is
near Seto inland sea. This old town still has some remains of
brewery, oyster farming, and shipbuilding industry. The cafe is a
renovation project of dwelling with shop damaged by heavy rain in
western Japan in 2018. The cafe cheers up the devasted city and
people see the cafe owner making tasty coffee through the big
window. The store front and the space between indoors and
outdoors in the house makes a free “doma” area, catering local
community center for events and whatever.
Designer : Yasumasa Hayashi + Nagi Kumagai + Ginji Nakatsugawa
FEATURE ARTICLE
CAFE & COFFEE STAND
KASHIYA SHINONOME / KISSA HANGETSU
（Page 124）
This confectionery shop is a renovation from an ex-furniture store.
The ground story, take-out-shop, uses the salvaged antique door
of the furniture store. The curvy interior decorations remind us of
British style and fixtures. KISSA HANGETSU is on the second
story, which is a kind of chic retreat bar with a long counter. The
style basically looks European, but it effectively mixes objects of
Japanese old kissaten (tearoom) style, such as wood carving
bear, so the total environment successfully makes a Japanese-
Western eclectic style.
Designer : light source
SPECIAL FEATURE
TOILET SPACE DESIGN
GRANDBERRY PARK TOILET
（Page 165）
GRANDBERRY PARK is a redevelopment project as a part of
Minami-machida local base creating project joined by Tokyu
corporation and Machida city authorities. One of impressive thing
about this project is design of toilet, which was based on
merchandising for the whole building. For example, “botanical
toilet” is located in lifestyle zone and it focuses on green. Refresh
lounge in fashion shop area offers maze-like spatial design toilet,
appealing to female users. “With kids toilet” urges kids to use
toilets on their own. A toilet on the baby lounge has a rest area for
users with infants to have a break.
Designer : TANSEISHA
SPECIAL FEATURE
TOILET SPACE DESIGN
OIMACHI EKIMAE PUBLIC TOILET
（Page 178)
Here is an interesting public toilet in Oimachi, Tokyo. It was
designed as a comfortable local landmark facility. It is unusual that
the toilet building is composed of six detached private rooms and
some of them are towering. They are made of thin steel plates and
they change colors and expressions with the time and climates,
reflecting the sky, trees, and street. Inside the rooms, it is clean and
bright under the skylight with natural ventilation. Six rooms are for
six types of users and are not segregated by gender. The architect
said that this project would be a new type of public toilet in this age
of variety.
Designer : akarui.co.jp
FOCUS
ARTBAY HOUSE
（Page 209)
ARTBAY HOUSE is the first project of ARTBAY TOKYO, artbased
urban development plan for waterfront subcenter around
Daiba, Aomi, and Ariake in Tokyo. It is in Daiba, a large artificial
island in Tokyo Bay as a pavilion cafe whose spatial design was
“uncontrollability of the nature” inspired by sea breeze that blows
through the buildings. The house has eight rooms of weak
structure and they share columns and walls to support one
another. The house ventilates and take in sunshine and rain. Also,
it grows plants as a natural environment on artificial ground.
Designer : Mandai Architects
REPORT
AL FRESCO DINING in NY
（Page 214)
A report on so-called “al fresco dining”, outdoor dining from New
York State; Manhattan, Brooklyn, Westchester, and Long Island.
Each restaurant has each ingenuity, echoing to environment. From
simple style with little furniture to gaudy style with decorative
arcade and roof. A reporter investigated the intriguing interiors
with interviews with the owners. Besides, their design for winter
proof are helpful for readers.
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