Interior design for the coffee shop Aoma. The site is located in one of Osaka´s most popular office districts. The shop can be found on the first floor of a building, with a single-pipe scaffolding and mesh façade. The building faces to a busy street and a small public smoking area. On weekdays, there is many people and “small crowds” always gather throughout the day.

The place in the existing building for the coffee shop, was a variable space that could be connected to the front road if all doors were opened, it felt like it was transforming into an external space. In office areas, like this, where diverse personalities work, it is possible to gather these people into “small crowds” by placing small kiosk-like coffee stands on roads and in parks. I wondered if maybe the “small crowd” generated by this coffee shop could merge with the “small crowd” on the street and form a “big crowd”.  Therefore, I placed the coffee stand with a setback from the existing doors to create an open and unhindered connection to the front road.

The coffee stand consists of a mortar-polished counter and a slightly glossy ceiling surface. With the image of creating an illuminated canopy above the stand, I installed several light bulbs on the lowered ceiling surface to create a characteristic lighting.