Schemata Architects designs tiny Nakamata sweet shop in Maebashi
Tokyo studio Schemata Architects has designed a confectionery store in Maebashi, Japan, with a courtyard to help open up and revive a shopping street that was on the decline.
The Nakamata sweet shop is located on a once-busy street that was at risk of becoming a so-called "shutter street" ? a street in Japan where most of the stores have been closed up.
Above: the store sells traditional Japanese sweets. Top image: it is located in Maebashi
To combat the decline of the street, the Maebashi Machinaka Agency was founded in 2016 as a corporation to promote the area and a number of new projects were launched, including the Nakamata store and its neighbouring shops.
An existing two-storey building was demolished to create the sweet store, which has a brick base that extends into an open yard for eating and socialising. "The bricks are the chosen material as a symbol of reproduction of Maebashi city," Schemata Architects founder Jo Nagasaka told Dezeen.
The shopping street has undergone a revival
The use of brick was also a requirement for the project since it was part of the Maebasha Machinaka Agency's design code, which informed the design.
"The interesting part of this project was that we were able to design while checking the progress of the projects on both sides," the studio said.
"We imagined how they would stack bricks on both sides and studied how to stack our bricks in various patterns in relation to the neighbouring buildings."
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