架构师提供的文本描述。蓝瓶咖啡-来自美国西海岸文化-与位于京都南津吉寺的马基亚(传统联排别墅)结合在一起，我们继续专注于我们设计的所有蓝瓶咖啡店的设计理念，即在整个空间“创造平等的关系”。

Text description provided by the architects. Upon integrating Blue Bottle Coffee –– coming from America's West Coast culture –– with the machiya (traditional townhouse) located along the approach way to Nanzenji Temple in Kyoto, we continued to focus on our design concept for all of the Blue Bottle Coffee shops we designed, which is to "create equal relationships" throughout the space.

 © Takumi Ota

(小田隆美)

 © Takumi Ota

(小田隆美)

 © Takumi Ota

(小田隆美)

现有楼层，高出地面50厘米，符合日本传统建筑的特色风格，被拆除，以使一个新的楼层水平与地面。为了使鹅卵石的地面在视觉上延续到内部，水磨石中含有与地面相同类型的鹅卵石，用于完成地板。柜台内的楼层也与顾客区域平齐，以保持顾客和员工之间的同一眼力，并遵循与其他商店相同的概念，同时融合日本和美国的文化。水磨石地板不仅用作地板，而且在某些地方还会提升自己，形成柜台和长椅。连续的白色地板被剥夺了所有不必要的东西，而该结构被剥离现有的饰面，以暴露原来的屋顶结构和粘土墙，人们可以看到其百年历史的痕迹贯穿在结构中的大中小空间最初由两座独立的建筑物组成。马基亚原是由两幢大厦组成，今次分别改建为咖啡厅和MD大厦，二楼的空间则设有办公室，所有不必要的墙壁都会被拆除，并盖上玻璃，以保持上下楼之间的视觉联系。

The existing floor, raised 50cm above the ground conforming to a characteristic style of traditional Japanese architecture, was demolished to make a new floor level with the ground. In order to visually continue the pebbled ground into the interior, terrazzo containing the same type of pebbles as the ground was used to finish the floor. The floor inside the counter is also level with the customer area to maintain the same eye level between customers and staff following the same concept as the other shops, while integrating Japanese and American cultures at the same time. The terrazzo floor not only serves as a floor but also elevates itself in some places to form counters and benches. The continuous white floor is stripped of all unnecessary things and the structure is stripped of existing finishes to expose the original roof structure and clay walls, and one can see traces of its100-year old history throughout the large, medium and small spaces in the structure originally composed of two separate buildings. The machiya was originally composed of two buildings, which were respectively renovated into a cafe building and MD building this time. The second floor space accommodates the office, where all unnecessary walls are removed and is covered with glass to maintain visual connections between the lower and upper floors.

 © Takumi Ota

(小田隆美)