d+a | Issue 122 • 2021

/ DINE / 88 He needed it to be sufficiently see-through so that guests could see the light behind it. “I wanted to express a subtle warm heat, hoping for an effect that resembled blushed skin,” he explains. “This meant setting the lighting just so and making sure that the acrylic was the perfect balance of transparent and opaque. “We created multiple mock-ups until we were happy with the result.” NATURAL APPEAL The café is located within a luxury resort, which in turn is part of a forest. The forest extends to one of Japan’s most sacred shrines – Ise Jingu. KOJI SARYO PRODUCED BY UONUMA JOZO LOCATION Japan / SITE AREA 70.4m 2 / BUILDING AREA 487.3m 2 / GROSS FLOOR AREA 974.6m 2 / COMPLETION 2021 / DESIGN Transit Branding Studio / LEAD DESIGNER Atsushi Suzuki / DEVELOPER Mie Hometown Creation Project (Aqua Ignis Co. Ltd., Aeon Town Co. Ltd., Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., First Brothers Co. Ltd.) / CLIENT Marukome Co.,Ltd. / CONTRACTOR ZYCC Corporation / LIGHTING DESIGNER Mizuki Matsuura / hmmm / AWARD MUSE Design Awards 2021 / GOLD 04