Rope Terrace Cafe by The Grid Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Competition Category.
IronInterior· 2020
Rope Terrace Cafe
Client: The Grid Architects
A' Design Award Winner in Interior Category
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About Rope Terrace Cafe
Rope is a terrace cafe designed as an open rooftop space. The project is named after jute rope, a local, low cost and recyclable material used to form woven canopies and partitions. The canopies take inspiration from the traditional Indian charpoy and define separate seating islands. Jute has low thermal conductivity, and watered jute helps keep the surrounding air cool. The flooring is made of recycled babool wood laid on aluminium frames so that water can drain below. Recycled corrugated sheets shade the south west facade.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award
Rope Terrace Cafe is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Rope Terrace Cafe is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Rope Terrace Cafe is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.
Interviews
Design Interview
What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
•While the craftsmen were tying the rope to the pipe it was easy to keep the rope straight at the narrow end but as the angle increased the length and weight of the rope increased and to keep the rope straight they applied more pressure resulting in the pipe to bend. We realized This may damage the existing structure, so we let the rope be slightly loose. The sagging part of the rope created dramatic shape and shadows
What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
Rope has been a tool used throughout time and the material has a purpose making an impressive statement. It has a beautiful texture and natural rope is made from natural fibers. These fibers are obtained from organic material (such as materials produced by plants).
Reemphasizing the need to go back to roots and source natural and earthy materials.
What are your future plans for this award winning design?
The plan is to reach this design to as many as possible so that the people realize that a sustainable and economical project is possible easily, it’s a shared aspiration that we work for.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Jute rope which gives the cafe its name sees liberal usage owing to its eco-friendliness, this is a humble material which can take any form and transform a space, doesnot have thermal conductivity thus helps to maintain temperature, not absorbent and retains heat. Watered jute keeps the surrounding cool, easy handling, locally sourced and locally crafted - eco-friendly, sustainable, handled easily and cost effective
- Dimensions & Packaging
- the south-west facade features corrugated sheet as a protective layer from harsh sunlight, while rhythmically installed planks help channelize wind currents, plants help to maintain the moisture in the air and keep the environment cool. The flooring is recycled babool wood sourced from the forest department for very low cost. The wood was not directly screwed on the floors so as to not damage the waterproofing layer for the offices below. Flooring modules with aluminium frames were laid such that water flows easily below it. The artistically designed sit-outs offer a versatile way to create compositions that are easily adapted to their own.
- Tags
- #architecture, #architects, #thegridarchitects, #retail, #indiandesign, #indianarchitect , #indiadesignworld, #ropecafe, #rooftop, #design, #rope, #shadow, #sciagraphy, #light, #yellow, #recreationaldesign, #hospitality, #cafedesign, #cafe, #openspaces, #modern, #contemporary, #black, #arrival, #art, #designsolutions, #archdaily, #ahmedabad, #wovencanopy, #recycle, #reuse, #sustainable
- Production Technology
- the open layout design and the striking use of materials and simplicity of form emerged from reinforcing the purpose of the humancentric design, building by-laws precluded the possibility of any kind of permanent or semi-permanent structure. After much discussion the designers chose the traditional Indian charpoy as the inspiration for developing space modulating partitions and canopies that would define individual seating islands. The canopy was created with the help of jute ropes, looped around pipes with specific angles such that the part canopy created a shadow for the rest of the terrace.
- Design Challenge
- the angles of the weaved canopy were such that the part canopy created a shadow for the rest of the terrace. While the craftsmen were tying the rope to the pipe it was easy to keep it straight at the narrow end but as the angle increased the length and weight of the rope increased so to keep it straight, they applied more pressure resulting in the pipe to bend. we realized this may damage the existing structure, so we let the rope be slightly loose. the sagging part created dramatic shape and shadows.
- Research
- constraints posed by time intensified the architects proclivity for earth-friendly materials and processes, inclusion of local labour and local craft, material palette is dominated by recycled materials - jute rope, gum, arabic wood, corrugated sheets and ms, aluminium and natural stone and eco-friendly paint, jute eco-friendly, sustainable, handled easily, cost effective, does not have thermal conductivity, can take any form and transform a space. watered jute keeps the surrounding cool, south west facade- recycled corrugated sheet used to protect from harsh sunlight.
- Inspiration
- strictures on time and budget directed the team to look at quick aesthetic solutions. with their inclination towards natural materials they explored and examined a close-to-nature palette which could be recycled, reused, cost effective, locally sourced and crafted and finalised upon jute rope a sustainable and eco-friendly material. designers chose the traditional Indian charpoy as the inspiration for developing space-modulating partitions and canopies that would define individual seating islands
- Project Duration
- the project started on 13-09-2018
ended on 28-10-2018
approximate;y 45 days
location - Gandhinagar Ahmedabad Gujarat India - Operation Flow
- upon entering the terrace, one is welcomed by happy colours and the blueness of the sky, the entrance wall is adorned by a wall mural depicting the logo of the cafe which has now become a selfie zone. Jute rope, recycled wooden table tops and flooring add to the ambience and help with the acoustics. An enclosed space with ac has been incorporated as a refuge from the city s harsh weather. The secluded terrace lends an experiential quality retaining scale within this volume. This then leads you to a pink spiral staircase which guides you to the upper terrace, a smoking zone, and a private zone for special celebrations.
- Team Members
- mr. Snehal Suthar
ms. Bhadri Suthar - Image Credits
- #1 Photographix India, 2018
#2 Photographix India, 2018
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video credits tHE gRID Architects
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