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After leaving Koenji Station and heading west through the shopping street under the railroad to the middle of Asagaya Station, you will reach a plaza full of light from a dimly lit space, as if you came out of a deep forest. & BEER faces this plaza.

The husband, who is good at cooking, and his wife, who started brewing beer, asked me to design a store that offers homemade beer and curry that goes well with beer. Initially, the property was not decided, and it started by giving advice to candidate properties from the architectural aspect. The property that they chose after pondering was “R-Lieto Koenji,” which was a renovation of JR company housing. The deciding factors were the charm of the city of Koenji and the spacious lawn open space in front of the property.

When I started designing, I encountered various problems such as narrow floor plans of residential scales, low ceilings, floor load problems, ensuring ventilation, etc. because it was originally a company housing. While repeating trial and error with the client couple, the 3 priorities for reaching the final form were securing the number of seats, connecting to the lawn plaza in front, and showing the brewing tank.

When I visited the store after it opened, the store was full of customers. It has become a prosperous restaurant now, and TV and magazine coverage is constant. I happened to turn my gaze toward the factory in the back, I saw a quietly standing brewing tank. It was designed as a “brewing tank to show”, but on the contrary, it seemed to be looking at us with envy. It probably had plenty of golden liquid that would become beer in the future. With making an inaudible sound.