Scent of a Golden Age Ilé Kọfí by Joye Chuang and Celine Liou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Àyà Inú Ilé àti Ibi Àfihàn Competition Category.
WúràInú Ilé· 2021
Scent of a Golden Age Ilé Kọfí
by Joye Chuang and Celine Liou
Client: Nong Mu Design Engineering Company
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award Winner in Inú Ilé Category
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About Scent of a Golden Age Ilé Kọfí
Scent of a Golden Age jẹ́ ilé kọfí kan ní Àgbègbè Chihkan ní ìlú Tainan. Iṣẹ́ àgbékalẹ̀ yìí jẹ́ àtúnṣe ilé ìtajà alájà méjì tí ó ti pé ọgọ́ta ọdún, ó sì gba ààyè 158.67 mítà onígun mẹ́rin. Àpẹrẹ ìṣàpẹẹrẹ rẹ̀ gba ìmísí láti sáà Showa àti láti inú àwòrán àwọn ọjọ́ dáradára àtijọ́. Wọ́n pa férémù irin àti aṣọ ìbora irin ilé àtijọ́ náà mọ́, wọ́n sì tún wọn ṣe dáadáa. Iṣẹ́ igi onítọ̀hún àtúnyẹ̀wò ń gbé òrùlé oníte dúró, èyí tí ó ní ihò aláwọ̀ ẹyin tí ó rán ni létí ẹnu ọ̀nà àbáwọlé ilé àwọn ará Japan. Àwọ̀ wúrà àti àwọn àwọ̀ ìgbà ìkórè ni ó jẹ́ àwọ̀ pàtàkì tí wọ́n lò. Àtẹ̀gùn onídẹ̀rẹ̀kẹ́ ni ó ṣètò ìrìnkiri àwọn ènìyàn nítòsí tábìlì ọtí náà.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award
Scent of a Golden Age Ilé Kọfí jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele àkọ́kọ́, tó jẹ́ ìyanu tó sì yàtọ̀. Àwọn olùborí Wúrà jẹ́ àwọn ẹ̀dá tó ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun gidigidi, tó ní ojú-ìwòye tó jìnnà tó sì ń tàn yòò tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ọgbọ́n, òye àti ìjáfáfá àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Scent of a Golden Age Ilé Kọfí yóò jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tí a yìn gidigidi, tó ń gbé ìtẹ̀sí kalẹ̀ tó sì jẹ́ ìrántí tó ń mú iye tí a kò rí rí wá. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àkànṣe tó yani lẹ́nu tí a bọ̀wọ̀ fún tó ṣe anfàní gidigidi tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. Scent of a Golden Age Ilé Kọfí ń dá ìmọ̀lára ìfẹ́ tó lágbára sílẹ̀, ń jí ìtara, ń gbé ìṣẹ̀dá lárugẹ tó sì ń fà wá mọ́ra.
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.
Main image is Image #1, Optional Image #1 is Image #2, Optional Image #2 is Image #3, Optional Image #3 is Image #4, Optional Image #4 is Image #5.
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