New wooden store building using conventional construction method (Miki City, Hyogo JAPAN)

Udon is a Japanese traditional thick noodle dish still widely popular in today’s Japan. Inami Koro restaurant is reinventing the dish while keeping traditional techniques. Their New restaurant and shop in Miki city emulate their approach in an architectural way by giving the traditional wooden structure a new breath.

The structure uses conventional wooden construction methods while giving it new breath by reshaping a few aspects. The roof was rotated around the eaves resulting in a sharp edge and a slanted ceiling that crosses the glazed façade towards the centre of the building. Miki city wants to develop this new area and needed to attract new businesses. This building acts as a Landmark with its white simplified contour and soft lights glowing through the glazed façade in the evening.

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