Merci
Merci Shop by Yuma Sato is a winner of the 2025 Bronze A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design.
Merci is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness.
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This building is built in a place surrounded by farmland, so the cafe was created to make the most of the surrounding environment. They had to think of an architecture that would allow people to enjoy nature. To that end, they created a distinctive triangular indoor balcony space above the entrance, as well as many open atriums to create a sense of openness. They also designed a cafe that can be enjoyed in the midst of nature, blurring the relationship between indoors and outdoors with large windows and a terrace that leads to the outside.
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Merci by Yuma Sato
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Shop
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Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award Winner in 2025.
Bronze Winner
Merci Shop
Merci is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a much prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Merci is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Merci splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Winner Designer
Yuma Sato
Yuma Sato is a Japanese architect. Through architectural planning and design, he proposes the creation of systems that can make everyday life happier. He designs not only homes, but also stores, offices and educational facilities, creating richness in the local community. He has also gone beyond the framework of architectural creation by hosting local market events and challenging himself to create spaces without architecture.
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Koto Architecture Lab Inc
This is a Japanese architectural design firm that handles architectural design both in Japan and overseas. They mainly work on residential, retail, office and educational facilities. They are known for their careful design, which values incorporating regional characteristics. Their designs pursue how they can contribute to people's happiness by creating spaces, and they place importance on designing not only beautiful designs, but also what emotions the user will derive from the actions that take place in the space.
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