Oro Interni · 2021
Scent of a Golden Age Caffetteria
by Joye Chuang and Celine Liou
- A' Design Award d'Oro 2021 in Interni
- CLIENT: Nong Mu Design Engineering Company
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 24,671
- Verification code D1868A4737 · Verify this award
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About Scent of a Golden Age Caffetteria
"Scent of a Golden Age" è una caffetteria nel distretto di Chihkan, a Tainan. Il progetto consiste nella ristrutturazione di una casa-bottega di due piani con sessant'anni di storia e si estende su 158,67 metri quadrati. Il design trae ispirazione dall'era Showa e dall'immaginario dei bei tempi andati. La struttura in acciaio e il rivestimento in ferro dell'antica abitazione sono stati conservati e valorizzati. Un'ebanisteria di gusto revivalista sostiene il tetto a falde, caratterizzato da un'apertura ovale che richiama l'ingresso di una residenza giapponese. L'oro e le tonalità autunnali compongono la palette principale. Una scala a chiocciola organizza i percorsi in prossimità del bancone bar.
About the A' Design Award d'Oro
Scent of a Golden Age Caffetteria ha vinto l'A' Design Award d'Oro, un riconoscimento immensamente prestigioso conferito a design di primissima qualità, meravigliosi e straordinari. I vincitori d'Oro sono creazioni estremamente innovative, visionarie e di un fascino abbagliante che riflettono il genio, la saggezza e l'abilità dei loro designer. Ci si aspetta che Scent of a Golden Age Caffetteria sia un'invenzione molto elogiata, all'avanguardia e monumentale che offre un valore senza precedenti. Questo design vincitore dell'A' Design Award d'Oro è un progetto spettacolare e rispettato che giova grandemente ai confini dell'arte, della scienza, del design e della tecnologia e li fa avanzare. Scent of a Golden Age Caffetteria crea intensi sentimenti di desiderio, risveglia la passione, incoraggia la creatività e ci affascina.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- This renovation of a sixty-year-old two-story shophouse into a modern coffee shop in the Chihkan District of Tainan is the sixth franchise store of OH! Café, whose owner once won World Coffee Roasting Champion (WCRC) in 2014. The design team began with the imagery of the "good old days" and took cues from the Showa era to build a flagship store that is worthy of its brand. The traces of begone days and the smell of coffee together makes the space into a warm one.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Total 158.67 square meters.
- Tags
- Coffee, Renovation, Tainan, Japanese, Gold
- Production Technology
- The Showa era gold color and colors of the autumn season constitute the main colors scheme of the project. The spiral staircase optimizes the space and anchors the circulation of the area near the bar counter on the first floor. The streamlined curve of the design connects several things into one gesamtkunstwerk: the encircling concrete cylinders, the fifty-year-old handmade paper umbrellas hanging above, the aromas area in the rear cabinet wall, and the corner of the counter.
- Design Challenge
- The second floor is designed as a mezzanine. To the left is a small Japanese garden with a narrow flagstone path. The millstone fountain suggests the presence of the restrooms. To the right is the raised seating area that looks like a floating pavilion. The scale of Japanese rush mats accommodates both gestures of sitting and lying. Whether or not the curtains are closed, the windows by the streets present an order complex to the old alleyway.
- Research
- The gold paint on the steps of the staircase invokes a sense of Showa-era. An abstract painting of rough sapphire-like texture occupies the wall that spans both floors as if the smoke of coffee bean roasting rising. Outside the glass window is the light of the old yellow lantern, echoing the bamboo lantern inside. The resonance between inside and outside recalls warm memories of bygone days.
- Inspiration
- The steel frame and iron cladding of the old house are transformed into a place with a refined essence of time. The revivalist woodwork supports the pitched roof with an oval opening like the entrance of a Japanese residence. The reinterpretation of an old Japanese house through new imagination.
- Project Duration
- The project started in April 2019 in Tainan and finished in June 2019 in Tainan.
- Operation Flow
- The service area at the bar counter accommodates advanced coffee machines, bean grinder, and waiters' uniforms. The colors are restricted to a minimum to facilitate the concentration needs for the professional working area, including the rusticated brown of the counter facade, the quartz stone countertop, and other metal components. Both old and new to create the beloved touches of a Japanese house.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Joye Chuang, 2019.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Sanwen Studio, Scent of a Golden Age, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Sanwen Studio, Scent of a Golden Age, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Sanwen Studio, Scent of a Golden Age, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Sanwen Studio, Scent of a Golden Age, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Sanwen Studio, Scent of a Golden Age, 2019.
Main image is Image #1, Optional Image #1 is Image #2, Optional Image #2 is Image #3, Optional Image #3 is Image #4, Optional Image #4 is Image #5.
