At first I was pleasantly surprised to discover this land filled with such lush greenery in Aoyama, in the middle of Tokyo. I wanted to provide the same kind of pleasant surprise to customers of this shop, both on the first and second floors. The building stood there, simple and open towards the existing greenery, and seemed to harmonize with the vitality of the land. Respecting such surrounding environment, we tried to minimize the infill construction and composed the interior with furniture instead.

© Kenta Hasegawa

Architects: Schemata Architects

Location: 5 Chome-43-7 Jing?mae, Shibuya-ku, T?ky?-to 150-0001, Japan

Architect In Charge: Jo Nagasaka
Design Team: Masami Nakata, Kosuke Nakano

Area: 378.8 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Kenta Hasegawa

Collaboration: Seijun Nishihata

Construction: DECOR Co.,Ltd.

© Kenta Hasegawa

From the architect. At first I was pleasantly surprised to discover this land filled with such lush greenery in Aoyama, in the middle of Tokyo. I wanted to provide the same kind of pleasant surprise to customers of this shop, both on the first and second floors. The building stood there, simple and open towards the existing greenery, and seemed to harmonize with the vitality of the land. Respecting such surrounding environment...