![Blue Bottle Coffee Kanda Manseibashi Cafe / Schemata Architects - Brick, Facade, Arch](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5ca4/1d18/284d/d116/0c00/01cd/newsletter/BCMB_106D_DC53989_S.jpg?1554259215)
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Architects: Schemata Architects
- Area: 24 m²
- Year: 2018
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Photographs:Takumi Ota
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Manufacturers: Bootleg, HOSHIZAKI
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Lead Architects: Jo Nagasaka / Schemata Architects
![Blue Bottle Coffee Kanda Manseibashi Cafe / Schemata Architects - Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5ca4/1d30/284d/d116/0c00/01ce/medium_jpg/BCMB_110A_DC54181_S.jpg?1554259240)
Text description provided by the architects. This tiny cafe at Kanda Manseibashi is the eleventh store Blue Bottle Coffee opened in Japan. It is their smallest store with a floor area of 25m2 and the first takeout-only cafe without seating inside.
![Blue Bottle Coffee Kanda Manseibashi Cafe / Schemata Architects - Door, Brick, Facade, Arch](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5ca4/1d24/284d/d161/7500/00b0/newsletter/BCMB_104_DC53975_S.jpg?1554259228)
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![Blue Bottle Coffee Kanda Manseibashi Cafe / Schemata Architects - Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5ca4/1d48/284d/d116/0c00/01cf/newsletter/BCMB_116_DC53944_S.jpg?1554259264)
It is situated under a 100-year old railway bridge (for the Chuo Line) constructed of brick. Our design focused on how to integrate the cafe into this attractive existing environment with a long history.
We removed the existing plasterboard finishes on the walls and ceiling and incorporated the exposed structure made of red bricks and concrete in the space.
![Blue Bottle Coffee Kanda Manseibashi Cafe / Schemata Architects - Brick, Chair](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5ca4/1d3d/284d/d161/7500/00b1/newsletter/BCMB_115_DC53920_S.jpg?1554259252)
The white volume constituting a counter is placed as if being wrapped inside the solid structural frame. We hope this tiny cafe will continue to integrate with the city.
![Blue Bottle Coffee Kanda Manseibashi Cafe / Schemata Architects - Countertop, Glass, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5ca4/1d60/284d/d116/0c00/01d0/medium_jpg/BCMB_125_DC54203_S.jpg?1554259288)