カーサ フレスコ
Spanish restaurant @ Maebashi,Gunma
Basic planning:Tomohiro Oakada /TOS
Design: Sunao Koase, Takeo Arika / SNARK Inc.
Construction: Thunoda Construction
Cabinet,Shelf :kirika
Furniture coordination:The JB’s
Floor area: 29.9㎡
Completion: Mar. 2024
Photo: Ippei Shinzawa

前橋市の商店街に佇む、小さなスペイン料理店の計画。限られた規模ながら街に開かれた店舗とするため、ファサードの開口部をガラスサッシに改修し、外部からも利用できるカウンターを設けた。店内は、タイルや家具によって本場スペインの雰囲気を醸し出しつつ、店主が持ち込む小物によって日々更新されている。客席まわりは営業に必要な最小寸法を確保しながらも、段差や腰壁、柱や梁によって空間をゆるやかに分節することで客同士の距離が近い中にも、適度な距離感と安心感が生まれ、小さなスケールで親しみやすい「CASA（家）」のような店舗として計画した。

This project is for a small Spanish restaurant tucked away in a shopping street in Maebashi City. Despite the limited floor area, the design aimed to create an inviting, street-facing presence. The original façade was renovated with glass sash windows, and a counter accessible from the outside was added to encourage casual engagement with passersby. Inside, the atmosphere evokes Spain through the use of tiles and furniture, while personal items collected by the owner add a constantly evolving touch to the interior. Around the dining area, the space is subtly divided using level changes, low walls, columns, and beams—all while maintaining the minimum clearances required for restaurant operation. As a result, guests sit close to one another yet feel a comfortable sense of separation and ease—creating an atmosphere that feels like a small casa (Spanish for “home”).