# Wall-Cut Cafe Furnishings Bakoko's Timber Cafe Uses Excised Cladding to Construct its Contents By Amelia Roblin | Published 2013-01-10 | Eco Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bakokos-timber-cafe References: [notcot.org](http://www.notcot.org/post/52003/) & [bakoko.jp](http://bakoko.jp/87513/812428/works/timber-caf) The concept of wasted material is unheard of in the design of Bakoko's Timber Café. The pop-up restaurant was conceived as customizable modules made from [sustainably-farmed lumber](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/formwork-collection) to create walls, ceilings and even the seating. But what will really impress you about this idea is that the entire project would be "cut from the same cloth." The [frames of the chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/slide-table-1) and the surfaces of the stools would be extracted from the faces of the structure, producing abstract openings for windows. Wooden panels of 3 meters by 16.5 meters from which every scrap is used means more resourceful manufacturing. This [flatpack-able feature](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bug-collection-1) of Bakoko's Timber Café also means that transporting the temporary coffee shop is incredibly convenient. It can be stowed and sent off in a standard 40-foot shipping container and assembled in a day. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.8/10 - Popularity: 59% | Activity: 48% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Eco](https://www.trendhunter.com/eco) > [Eco Architecture](https://www.trendhunter.com/ecoarchitecture) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Sustainable Material Reuse:** Designing furnishings and structures that make use of every part of a single material source, allowing for more resourceful manufacturing and reduced waste. - **Modular Design and Assembly:** Creating customizable modules that can be easily assembled and/or disassembled, allowing for more convenient transportation and construction of structures. - **Flatpack-able Features:** Incorporating features into designs that make the products easy to flat pack and transport, allowing for more efficient and eco-friendly shipping. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Furniture Design and Manufacturing:** Companies in this industry can take advantage of sustainable material reuse and modular design to create eco-friendly and easily assembled furniture pieces. - **Architecture and Construction:** The use of sustainable material reuse and modular design can revolutionize the construction industry, allowing for more eco-friendly and efficient building practices. - **Temporary Structures and Pop-up Shops:** Temporary structures like pop-up shops can utilize flatpack-able features to make them more easily transportable and efficient to set up. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Cross-Influence Fusion Cafes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/challe-caf.md) - [Sustainable Dine-In Panama Bakeries](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/krume-bcker.md) - [Industrial Café Interiors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/e-blue-bottle-coffee-west-bund.md) - [Sustainable Felt Stack Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/stacklab.md) - [Waste-Based Furniture Capsules](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ecofriendly-furniture1.md) - [Reused Skyscraper Furniture Capsules](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aged-form-line.md) - [Sustainable Sawmill Modular Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-betula-project.md) - [Compact Urban Cafes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-chapel.md) - [Redeveloped Industrial Cafés](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ironworks-caf.md)