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Scent of a Golden Age کافی شاپ by Joye Chuang and Celine Liou

Scent of a Golden Age کافی شاپ by Joye Chuang and Celine Liou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award زرّیں انعام in انٹیریئر اسپیس ءِ ایگزیبیشن ڈیزائن Competition Category.


زرانٹیریئر· 2021

Scent of a Golden Age کافی شاپ

by Joye Chuang and Celine Liou

Client: Nong Mu Design Engineering Company

A' Design Award زرّیں انعام Winner in انٹیریئر Category

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The Design

About Scent of a Golden Age کافی شاپ

سنتءِ بو گۏن طلائی دؤر (Scent of a Golden Age) یک کافی شاپ اِنت که تاینان ءِ چیهکان ڈسٹرکٹءَ اِنت۔ اے پروژہ یک شست سالگیں دو منزلہ دکان-لۏگ ءِ نۏک سازی اِنت و 158.67 مربع میٹرءَ گِر کنت۔ ڈیزائن شووا دؤر ءُ گوستگیں شرّیں رۏچانی تصویراں چہ الہام گپتگ۔ کہنگیں لۏگ ءِ فولادی ڈھانچہ ءُ آسِنیں پوش دارگ بوتگ ءُ گِہتِر کنگ بوتگ اَنت۔ نۏک-بیاگیں (revivalist) دارُکیں کار لُڑگیں بامءَ تیاب دنت، که آئی ءَ یک بیضوی سوراخ ہست اِنت که جاپانی نندجاہ ءِ درگیجگءَ یات کاریت۔ طلائی ءُ پیمگاہی رنگ رد و بندءِ اصلی رنگاں جۏڑ کن اَنت۔ یک پیچ در پیچیں پہکاں بار کاؤنٹر ءِ نزیکءَ تگ ءُ رد ءَ منظم کنت۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award زرّیں انعام

Scent of a Golden Age کافی شاپ A' Design Award زرّیں انعام ءِ ورگ آ انت، انتہائی معزز اعتراف کہ پہلی درجہ ءِ، شاندار ءُ نمایاں ڈیزائناں دیگ بیت۔ زر ءِ ورگ آ انتہائی جدت ءِ، باز بصیرت ءِ ءُ شاندار ڈولا چمّاں خیرہ کنوکیں تخلیق انت، کہ وتی ڈیزائنراں ءِ عبقریت، حکمت ءُ مہارت ءَ ظاہر کننت۔ Scent of a Golden Age کافی شاپ چہ امید کنگ بیت کہ آ یک باز ساراہگ بوتگیں، رجحان ساز ءُ یادگار ایجاد بیت کہ بے مثال قدر پیش کنت۔ ای ڈیزائن کہ A' Design Award زرّیں انعام ءَ برتگ، یک شاندار، محترم منصوبہ انت کہ فن، سائنس، ڈیزائن ءُ ٹیکنالوجی ءِ حداں باز فائدہ ءَ گوں ودی کنت۔ Scent of a Golden Age کافی شاپ شدید خواہش ءِ جذبہ پیدا کنت، جوش جاگینیت، تخلیقی صلاحیت ءَ ودی کنت ءُ ما ءَ مسحور کنت۔

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

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.
Team Members
Design Director: Joye Chuang
Interior Stylist: Celine Liou
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.

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