This Illegal Dumping Site, Dubbed 'Garbage Island,' Has Been Transformed Into A Modern Cafe

This Illegal Dumping Site, Dubbed 'Garbage Island,' Has Been Transformed Into A Modern Cafe

This Illegal Dumping Site, Dubbed 'Garbage Island,' Has Been Transformed Into A Modern Cafe Located off the coast of the Ieura Port in Japan’s Teshima Island is Tashima Factory.  What was once an ironworks factory — later called “Garbage Island” for a scourge of industrial waste and illegal dumping — is now a sleek and renovated cafe that pays homage to the site’s “trashy” history and future sustainability. The use of polycarbonate brings natural light to the space. Photo by Kenta Hasegawa for Schemata Architects Designed by Schemata Architects, the transformation of the space has taken the original factory building and turned it into a brewery and cafeteria, split roughly in half across 360 square meters (about 3,875 square feet).  “The original single open-plan space was divided into two sections at the centre,” Schemata Architects told Dezeen. “Functional areas such as the kitchen and brewery were enclosed within boxes and positioned within these sections.” The interior of the c…