Two Spaces, One Sensibility
Seamless Design for Distinct Functions

With the pâtisserie DOLCE TACUBO, the Michelin-honoured wood-fired Italian restaurant TACUBO carries the brand into a sweeter realm.
This project introduces two new chapters for the TACUBO brand — its debut as a café with eat-in space, and its first foray into a commercial development. Tucked inside T-Market — a subterranean food hall two levels beneath Toranomon Hills’ Station Tower — the café spans two adjoining yet distinct units.
With one unit designated for eat-in and the other for take-out, a shared wall discreetly housing a shutter accommodates the latter’s earlier closing time. To unify the two spaces, the walls and ceiling share a single-tone finish, while the partition wall features a soft wood-grain texture on both sides — blurring the boundary between the two.
Drawing inspiration from the rich colour and texture of the kogashi (caramelised) financiers glimpsed through the glass, each counter showcases a palette of rammed-earth-inspired finishes — from scraped-finish and stone-like to Roman and exposed aggregate — evoking depth and craft. The design translates TACUBO’s reverence for the beauty and strength of ingredients into spatial form.