Scent of a Golden Age Ụlọ Kọfị by Joye Chuang and Celine Liou

Scent of a Golden Age Ụlọ Kọfị by Joye Chuang and Celine Liou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo in Nhazi Ime Ụlọ na Ngosipụta Competition Category.

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Scent of a Golden Age Ụlọ Kọfị

by Joye Chuang and Celine Liou

Client: Nong Mu Design Engineering Company

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo Winner in Ime Ụlọ Category

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The Design

About Scent of a Golden Age Ụlọ Kọfị

Scent of a Golden Age bụ ụlọ kọfị dị na mpaghara Chihkan nke Tainan. Ọrụ a bụ mmegharị nke ụlọ ahịa nwere okpukpu abụọ dị afọ iri isii, ma kpuchie 158.67 square mita. Nhazi a na-esite n'oge Showa na n'onyinyo nke ụbọchị ochie ndị mara mma. E debere ma kwalite okpokoro nchara na mkpuchi ígwè nke ụlọ ochie ahụ. Ọrụ osisi nke ụdị mweghachi ochie na-akwado elu ụlọ dara ada, nke nwere oghere oval na-echetara ọnụ ụzọ mbata nke ụlọ obibi ndị Japan. Agba ọlaedo na agba oge mgbụsị akwụkwọ mejupụtara isi agba ndị e ji arụ ọrụ. Steepụ gbagọrọ agbagọ na-ahazi njegharị dị nso na tebụl mmanya ahụ.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo

Scent of a Golden Age Ụlọ Kọfị meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa mbụ, dị ịtụnanya ma pụtara ìhè. Ndị meriri na Ọlaedo bụ ihe e kere eke dị oke ọhụrụ, nwere ọhụụ ma na-egbu maramara nke na-egosipụta ọgụgụ isi, amamihe na nka nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Scent of a Golden Age Ụlọ Kọfị ga-abụ ihe e mepụtara kacha enweta otuto, na-edu ọnọdụ ma bụrụ ihe ncheta nke na-enye uru na-adịbeghị mgbe ọ bụla. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaedo bụ ọrụ dị ebube, a na-asọpụrụ nke na-erite uru buru ibu ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Scent of a Golden Age Ụlọ Kọfị na-eweta mmetụta ọchịchọ siri ike, na-akpali agụụ, na-akwado nzụlite ihe ma na-adọrọ anyị adọrọ.

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.

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