Platinum Ime Ụlọ · 2025
Arabica Riyadh Roastery Ụlọ Kọfị
by Jun Watanabe
- Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Platinum 2025 in Ime Ụlọ
- CLIENT: no.10, NOMURA Co., Ltd.
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 816,612
- Verification code 5446D026FD · Verify this award
Colors
About Arabica Riyadh Roastery Ụlọ Kọfị
Arabica Riyadh Roastery bụ ụlọ kọfị e mere n'ụdị ụlọ ihe nkiri nke dị n'ime ụlọ nkwakọba ihe e mezigharịrị nke ruru ihe dịka mita skwea 885 n'okpukpu abụọ. Igwe nnụcha kọfị buru ibu e mere ka ọ dabara guzo n'elu ogbo dị n'azụ ụlọ ahụa, ebe ọba nchekwa mkpụrụ kọfị gbara ya gburugburu. E debere tebụl kichin n'ebe olulu ndị egwu ga-anọ, ma oghere dị n'elu na-eme ka ụda ndị na-esi kọfị gbasaa n'ime ebe niile ahụ. E wedara ala ala n'ihu ogbo ahụ, ebe oche ndị dị n'okpukpu elu na-enye ohere ilere anya site n'elu. Mabụl aka e mere ọcha, brik, ígwè e gwupụrụ oghere na elu ihe e tere agba na-atụkwasị ụdịdị dị iche iche, ma ákwà mgbochi na-enwu enwu na-ekewa oche ndị dị n'ọnụ ụlọ nkeonwe.
About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Platinum
Arabica Riyadh Roastery Ụlọ Kọfị meriri A' Design Award nke Platinum, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị bụ n'ezie pụrụ iche, mara mma ma dị ebube. Ndị meriri na Platinum bụ ihe ịtụnanya nke imepụta, ihe akaebe nke oke ntụgharị uche imepụta ihe, ma na-egosi ikike ọrụ na ọgụgụ isi na-enweghị ntụnyere nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na design ndị a ga-abụ ọrụ kacha mara amara nke na-akọwa ịma mma nke oge, na-enye aka na ọdịmma obodo ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Arabica Riyadh Roastery Ụlọ Kọfị na-egosi ọkwa ịdị mma karịrị oke ma n'enweghị obi abụọ na-eme ka ụwa bụrụ ebe ka mma site na àgwà ya bara uru na dị oke ọnụ ahịa. Arabica Riyadh Roastery Ụlọ Kọfị bụ ọrụ meriri A' Design Award nke Platinum nke na-akpali ọchịchọ, na-akpali, na-eme ka obi ụtọ jupụta ma na-akpali oke ọṅụ.
Press Kit
- 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.
- Patents
- Copyrights: NOMURA Co., Ltd.
