The confectionary company BAKE traces its origins to the famed dairy farming tradition of Hokkaido.This project is the newest bakery storefront, tasked with the production and sales of the brand?s signature item ? a freshly baked cheese tart? in a Kyoto shopping district. 

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Architects: Yusuke Seki

Location: Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Takumi Ota

Art Direction & Design: Yusuke Seki

Client: Bake

© Takumi Ota

The confectionary company BAKE traces its origins to the famed dairy farming tradition of Hokkaido.This project is the newest bakery storefront, tasked with the production and sales of the brand?s signature item ? a freshly baked cheese tart? in a Kyoto shopping district. 
© Takumi Ota

The layers of Japanese history remain deepest and most wholly intact here. The culture that is local to Kyoto has always attracted many, but in recent years, at times, the number of guests on its streets swells to nearly double the resident population. By nature of this influx, the tradition that appeals to so many has itself modulated, incorporating patterns of behavior that are more accepting in international terms.

© Takumi Ota

Experimentation with this context, deforming and re-conceptualizing ?Local? until global in sco...