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Arabica Riyadh Roastery Kafe by Jun Watanabe
Arabica Riyadh Roastery Kafe by Jun Watanabe
Arabica Riyadh Roastery Kafe by Jun Watanabe
Arabica Riyadh Roastery Kafe by Jun Watanabe
Arabica Riyadh Roastery Kafe by Jun Watanabe

Platinum Cikin Gida · 2025

Arabica Riyadh Roastery Kafe

by Jun Watanabe

  • Kyautar A' Design Award ta Platinum 2025 in Cikin Gida
  • CLIENT: no.10, NOMURA Co., Ltd.
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 816,612
  • Verification code 5446D026FD · Verify this award
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About Arabica Riyadh Roastery Kafe

Arabica Riyadh Roastery kafe ne mai salon gidan wasan kwaikwayo wanda aka gina a cikin wani rumbun ajiya da aka gyara mai fadin kimanin murabba'in mita 885 a benaye biyu. Wata babbar injin gasa kofi ta musamman tana tsaye a kan dandali a bayan shagon, wanda rumbun ajiyar wake ya kewaye ta. An sanya kanti na dakin girki a inda za a sami wurin makada, kuma sararin sama da ke bisa yana barin sautukan masu shirya kofi su bazu a cikin wurin. An saukar da benen a gaban dandalin, yayin da kujerun bene na sama ke ba da damar kallo daga sama. Farin dutsen marmara na wucin gadi, tubali, karfe mai huda-huda da saman da aka yi wa fenti suna kara zayyana, kuma labule masu haske suna raba wuraren zama na musamman.

About the Kyautar A' Design Award ta Platinum

Zanen Arabica Riyadh Roastery Kafe ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Platinum, wata karramawa mai tsananin daraja da ake bai wa zane-zane waɗanda da gaske na musamman ne, masu kyau kuma masu burgewa. Waɗanda suka lashe kyautar Platinum abubuwan mamaki ne na ƙirƙira, shaidu ne ga iyakokin ƙirƙirar basirar tunani, kuma suna nuna ƙwarewar da ba ta da kamarta da hazaƙar masu zanensu. Ana sa ran waɗannan zane-zane su zama ayyukan da aka fi sani waɗanda ke ayyana kyawun zamani, suna ba da gudummawa ga walwalar al'umma kuma suna kai iyakokin fasaha, kimiyya, zane da fasahar zamani gaba. Zanen Arabica Riyadh Roastery Kafe yana nuna matakin ƙwarewa wanda ya zarce iyaka, kuma babu shakka yana sa duniya ta fi kyau da halayensa masu amfani da daraja. Zanen Arabica Riyadh Roastery Kafe aiki ne da ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Platinum wanda ke tada sha'awa, yana ƙarfafawa, yana burgewa, yana faranta rai kuma yana haifar da babban farin ciki.

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Unique Properties
Like a theatre, the floor is lowered in front of the stage, with upper-level seating around it, so that the main stage can be seen from most seats. The store offers a variety of spatial experiences, with varying ceiling heights, including a low, calm seating area and an open atrium. The entrance staircase is designed at a height that allows the stage to be seen from the outside, as in a theatre, to heighten the sense of anticipation and attract customers.
Dimensions & Packaging
Store area 885 sqm with 2 floors.
Ground floor ceiling height: 2650mm.
First-floor ceiling height: 2450mm.
Atrium ceiling height: 6500mm
Tags
cafe, coffeeshop, Japanese, Japan, no__10, nomurakougeisha, ARABICA
Production Technology
While unified in white, the color of ARABICA’s stores, the space expresses a deep white by providing variations in texture, such as artificial marble, brick, perforated metal, and flat painted surfaces. The floor is made of top-coated epoxy resin to achieve a clean, white, seamless floor. Indirect lighting was added to the ceiling in the atrium through perforated metal to create a top-light-like illumination.
Design Challenge
The process of determining the viewpoints of each seating area was difficult. After verifying how the main stage would be presented from each seating area through drawings and renderings, the seating layout and the viewpoint height from each seat were determined. We also controlled the visibility inside and outside the store through the height difference by creating a staircase at the entrance and lowering only the area around the kitchen counter.
Research
In order to make the cafe comfortable for Saudi Arabian people, we visited various local cafes and restaurants for research. Also, we interviewed franchise owners about the Saudi people and local culture. Based on the information obtained, we installed sheer curtains that take into account the distance between men and women, furniture shapes that make it easy to sit on, even in ethnic dress, and mirrors for personal grooming.
Inspiration
The store is a theatre-style cafe in a renovated warehouse of approx. 900 square meters, with a custom-built giant roasting machine as the star attraction. The roasting machine is placed on a stage at the back of the store, surrounded by ARABICA’s iconic bean cellar. A kitchen counter is installed in the position of the orchestra pit, and the atrium above allows the pleasant sound of the barista to echo throughout the store. Visitors can enjoy the story of making coffee with all five senses.
Project Duration
The project started with a site visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in April 2019. The design phase started immediately and was completed in November of the same year. Construction work started in October 2019 and was completed in May 2022. (It took a long time because of the Corona disaster.) The Store opened in May 2022.
Operation Flow
Variety of seats are available for various ways of enjoyment. Bench seats where you can watch the barista's performance right in front of you. Box seats on the ground floor where you can see the kitchen and the stage up close. On the first floor, box seats and counter seats are available for a bird's-eye view of the stage and kitchen. Seats for four near the window offers a cozy atmosphere with the sounds of the kitchen as background music.
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Copyrights: NOMURA Co., Ltd.

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