Arabica Riyadh Roastery Kaffihús by Jun Watanabe is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award í platínu in Innanhúss- og sýningarhönnun Competition Category.
PlatínaInnanhúss· 2025
Arabica Riyadh Roastery Kaffihús
by Jun Watanabe
Client: no.10, NOMURA Co., Ltd.
A' Design Award í platínu Winner in Innanhúss Category
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The Design
About Arabica Riyadh Roastery Kaffihús
Arabica Riyadh Roastery er kaffihús í leikhúsformi sem er innréttað í endurnýjuðu vöruhúsi, um 885 fermetrar á tveimur hæðum. Stór sérsmíðuð kaffibrennsluvél stendur á sviði aftast í versluninni, umkringd baunageymslu. Eldhúsborðið er staðsett þar sem hljómsveitargryfja væri annars, og opið rými upp á efri hæðina lætur hljóð baristanna berast um allt rýmið. Gólfið er lækkað fyrir framan sviðið, en sæti á efri hæð bjóða útsýni ofan frá. Hvítur gervimarmari, múrsteinn, gatað málmefni og málaðir fletir bæta við áferð, og gegnsæ gluggatjöld skilja að stúkusætin.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award í platínu
Arabica Riyadh Roastery Kaffihús vann A' Design Award í platínu, afar virta viðurkenningu sem veitt er sannarlega einstökum, glæsilegum og stórfenglegum hönnunarverkum. Sigurvegarar í platínu eru undur sköpunarinnar, vitnisburður um mörk vitsmunalegrar sköpunargáfu og sýna óviðjafnanlega fagmennsku og snilld hönnuða sinna. Þess er vænst að þessi hönnunarverk séu þekktustu verkin sem skilgreina fagurfræði tímabils, stuðla að velferð samfélagsins og færa mörk listar, vísinda, hönnunar og tækni fram á við. Arabica Riyadh Roastery Kaffihús sýnir yfirskilvitlegt stig afburða og gerir heiminn tvímælalaust að betri stað með hagstæðum og verðmætum eiginleikum sínum. Arabica Riyadh Roastery Kaffihús er verk sem vann A' Design Award í platínu sem vekur langanir, veitir innblástur, spennir, gleður og kveikir mikla gleði.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- 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.
- Team Members
- Creative Director：Keita Aono
Designer：Jun Watanabe
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