Moonshine Commercial Space by Mok Liu and Ingyu Ko is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Competition Category.
BronzeInterior· 2022
Moonshine Commercial Space
Client: Muuk Design Associates
Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Interior Category
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About Moonshine Commercial Space
Moonshine is a cafe interior designed in the style of Brutalism, located in Taipei. The space measures 5 by 20 meters and covers 100 square meters. Ornamentation is removed so that the materials remain the focus. Raw concrete, hammered surfaces, patterns made with a cement spatula and rounded corners define the interior. The patterns on the bar facade were formed with precast molds and then attached to the furniture. Seating at different heights, a long communal bar top and a bench support interaction, while the layout opens views from the street to the bean roasting area.
The Recognition
About the Bronze A' Design Award
Moonshine Commercial Space is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Moonshine Commercial Space is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Moonshine Commercial Space splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- As a cafe designed in the style of Brutalism, the materials that are used lie at the center of this project. Muuk has eliminated all unnecessary ornamentation and incorporated various techniques into the work. The raw concrete, hammered surface, patterns created with cement spatula, even the rounded corners come together to convey the supreme architectural craftsmanship of Brutalism. The spatial arrangements allow bodily movements and vision to move throughout the space, allowing the people on the streets a view of and further exchange with the factory space, which is the heart of the cafe.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 5m x 20m
100 square meter - Tags
- raw material, rustic, brutalism, concrete design
- Production Technology
- The raw concrete, hammered surface, patterns created with cement spatula, even the rounded corners come together to convey the supreme architectural craftsmanship of Brutalism. Muuk has deliberately carved out spaces for interaction, such as the areas with different seating heights and the extended communal bar top and bench.he spatial arrangements allow bodily movements and vision to move throughout the space, from the semi-outdoor seating to the bean roasting area at the end, allowing the people on the streets a view of and further exchange with the factory space.
- Design Challenge
- For this design project, Muuk challenged the different possibilities of concrete. Apart from incorporating concrete in its usual usage on flooring, Muuk attempted to create lines and patterns on the facade of the bar. Due to the challenges of creating the pattern on site, Muuk decided to adjust the process and created the pattern using precast molds, and the completed facades were then reattached to the furniture piece.
- Research
- Designed in the style of Brutalism. Muuk challenged the different possibilities of concrete. By using raw concrete, hammered surface, patterns created with cement spatula, to convey the supreme architectural craftsmanship of Brutalism.
- Inspiration
- Through insight and observation, Muuk Design Associates has discovered that with the rapid changes of urban commercial activities, decorative and renovative materials have also witnessed new additions, layering, and changes. Following the design principle of simplicity, Muuk has decided to exclude superfluous decorations to reveal the authenticity of the material itself, allowing the commercial space to subtly blend in the bustling city scene.
- Project Duration
- The project finished in June 2020 in Taipei Taiwan.
- Operation Flow
- Muuk has deliberately carved out spaces for interaction, such as the areas with different seating heights and the extended communal bar top and bench.he spatial arrangements allow bodily movements and vision to move throughout the space, from the semi-outdoor seating to the bean roasting area at the end, allowing the people on the streets a view of and further exchange with the factory space.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Muuk Design Associates
- Team Members
- Mok Liu
Ingyu Ko - Image Credits
- Image #1 : Photographer Han Lin, Moonshine Coffee Roasters, 2020
Image #2 : Photographer Han Lin, Moonshine Coffee Roasters, 2020
Image #3 : Photographer Han Lin, Moonshine Coffee Roasters, 2020
Image #4 : Photographer Han Lin, Moonshine Coffee Roasters, 2020
Image #5 : Photographer Han Lin, Moonshine Coffee Roasters, 2020
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