The new branch of Fondation Daniel & Nina Carasso is a mixed-program venue that resulted from an ambitious adaptive-reuse scheme by local firms Husos and Elii.
Designed by Manabu Chiba, a new outpost of shabu-shabu chain Kyoto Hyōto swaps the usual shoji screens for honeycomb panels in a dazzling arrangement of heights and sizes.
Careful not to detract from its character, the firm cleverly restores and enlarges a space-strapped junior high school built in the 1960s from prefabricated concrete.