ERC Cafe Design de Interiores de Cafeteria by Ya Wun Yang and Yun Fang Huang

ERC Cafe Design de Interiores de Cafeteria by Ya Wun Yang and Yun Fang Huang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Ouro in Design de Espaços Interiores e Exposições Competition Category.

OuroInterior· 2020

ERC Cafe Design de Interiores de Cafeteria

by Ya Wun Yang and Yun Fang Huang

Client: Homker Design Co.,Ltd.

A' Design Award de Ouro Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About ERC Cafe Design de Interiores de Cafeteria

O ERC Cafe é um projeto de design de interiores para cafeteria que ocupa 218 metros quadrados distribuídos em dois pavimentos. O layout compreende a entrada frontal, um balcão, uma cozinha e áreas de estar com sofás, banquetas de bar, uma mesa comunitária e mesas de café convencionais. Tijolo aparelhado vermelho, elementos metálicos, granilite, vidro, madeira e tinta mineral conferem ao espaço um caráter de loft. O tecido é cortado em segmentos e suspenso do teto em formatos de arco, suavizando as superfícies rígidas e difundindo a luz e o ar. A entrada com pé-direito duplo e as janelas de altura integral abrem o interior para a rua e remetem a uma estufa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ouro

ERC Cafe Design de Interiores de Cafeteria conquistou o A' Design Award de Ouro, um reconhecimento imensamente prestigiado atribuído a designs de primeira linha, maravilhosos e notáveis. Os vencedores do Ouro são criações extremamente inovadoras, visionárias e glamorosamente deslumbrantes, que refletem o prodígio, a sabedoria e a proeza dos seus designers. Espera-se que ERC Cafe Design de Interiores de Cafeteria seja uma invenção muito elogiada, pioneira e monumental, que oferece um valor sem precedentes. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Ouro é um projeto espetacular e respeitado, que beneficia muito e faz avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. ERC Cafe Design de Interiores de Cafeteria cria sentimentos intensos de desejo, evoca paixão, incentiva a criatividade e fascina-nos.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: In this Loft styled cafe, it was filled with classic elements such as red bricks, metal work, cement finished surfaces, etc., along with an outstanding design feature of fabric. As the design team believed that this cafe has a wide range of consumer segments which warranted a free flowing and soft texture fabric to soften up such rustic and hard spatiality with a feminine touch.
Dimensions & Packaging: The design area of the two levels is of 218 square meters in total, mainly comprised of front entrance, counter, kitchen, and seating areas such as sofa area, bar stool area, community table, and normal coffee table area, etc.
Tags: Fabric, Light and Shadow, Screen, Flowing, Greenhouse, Cafe Design
Production Technology: Fabric, Metal Work, Vintage Red Tiles, Grinding Stone, Glass, Timber, Mineral Paint
Design Challenge: As much fabric was used in the space, on one hand, the replacement of fabric in maintenance shall be considered, and on the other hand, the fabric shall be hung in seemingly effortless fashion so as to articulate the envisaged arch shape, which also led to its installation technique that was also challenging.
Research: In echoing with the unique styling of the architectural form of the building, as well as the tree plantation on the street, the spatial planning anchored on theme of infusion into the building while accentuating the serenity of cafe. In material selection, the solid and robust metal work was complemented by soft and translucent fabric material, as well as by the authentic red brick wall, for a balanced spatial quality.
In referencing the formal vocabulary of greenhouse arch, fabric was cut into segments and hung from the ceiling as light and air diffuser, as well as serving as spatial demarcation in an ever changing forest environment.
Inspiration: As this Cafe must echo the creative aspiration of Infusion of red brick wall and plant, as well as new visuals, as requested by the client, along with its corner location and curtain wall glass windows, the design of the overall space was anchored on a greenhouse filled with trees, wind, light, i.e. a domain of enriched dynamic visual experiences.
Project Duration: The project was finished in February, 2019 in New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: In terms of spatial layout, it was about expanding the double ceiling height area at the building entrance, which increased the vertical spatial connection with transparent spatial quality, and the kitchen was moved to the same side as the counter so as to create a more functional and flowing working circulation, as the original kitchen was designated as a shared seating area with unobstructed window view out.
Team Members: Ya Wun Yang
Yun Fang Huang
Image Credits: Sam Siew Shien, 2019