Hutong Neighborhood Complex 咖啡馆、社区中心室内设计 by Easy Arch

Hutong Neighborhood Complex 咖啡馆、社区中心室内设计 by Easy Arch is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 银奖 in 室内空间与展览设计 Competition Category.

银室内· 2021

Hutong Neighborhood Complex 咖啡馆、社区中心室内设计

by Easy Arch

Client: Joy Beans, Easy Arch

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 室内 Category

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The Design

About Hutong Neighborhood Complex 咖啡馆、社区中心室内设计

胡同邻里综合体是一处坐落于北京市中心胡同老宅内的咖啡馆与社区空间,上下两层共计133平方米。一层作为周边居民共享的"客厅";二层则化身为后花园,以可移动的植物箱划分出不同功能区域。墙面与地面选用低成本、环保的材料,色彩与胡同街区的整体氛围相得益彰。原有的老砖墙与木屋顶得以保留。该空间同时可承载艺术展览、阅读及共享办公等多种使用功能。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Hutong Neighborhood Complex 咖啡馆、社区中心室内设计是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Hutong Neighborhood Complex 咖啡馆、社区中心室内设计将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Hutong Neighborhood Complex 咖啡馆、社区中心室内设计是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The project is the renewal and activation of an old house, integrating the functions of coffee shop, art space, community shared living room, book corner, etc. It is Such a complex function building will increase the vitality of an old city, realize "urban micro renewal" and regain the Hutong Culture.
The 1st floor is called big living room in Hutong. The residents regard it as their own living room and the continuation of their home. The 2nd floor is called back garden in the alley. The movable plant box is used to divide the space according to the functional requirements of the space. Artists are regularly recruited to create works for the frontage art window.
Dimensions & Packaging: Use Area of Two Floors: 133 Square Meters，
First Floor Platform Area: 14.3 Square Meters，
Second Floor Terrace Area: 17 Square Meters
Tags: Urban Micro Renewal, Hutong Living Room, Hutong Back Garden, Art Gallery, Community Book Corner, Café shop, Shared Space
Production Technology: The walls and floors of the project are made of low-cost environmental protection materials. The color and texture are in line with the characteristics of the Hutong district. The glass is in line with the map of the Qianlong period in Beijing made of huge sulfuric acid paper to separate the space. The ultra-fine linear light belt flows to the wall along the top surface, making the eyes focus on the wall of landscape position, just like time flowing. In the gray wall of the old house, the sense of technology is compared.
Design Challenge: 1. The project is located in the old urban area, with the project as the center, the public space within 500meters is seriously lacking, and the area needs to share public space.
2. From the perspective of coffee shop operation, we must control the cost of renovation and find a balance between cost and design effect.
3. How to protect the old building structure. In the same space, avant-garde works of art coexist with the exposed old roof truss, colliding with different tastes.
Research: PhilipM.Goldsmith, a great Canadian architect, said: "the most meaningful protection for an old building is to find a way to reuse it.". This project retains the blue brick exterior wall and wooden roof of the old building, continues the color of Beijing gray in the interior, injects coffee makers, living plants and community shared living rooms who are willing to communicate, and becomes a scarce public space in the core area of Beijing.
Inspiration: The project is an old house in the Hutong of the old city, near the famous Prince Gong's residence. The houses in the Hutong are very small and there is no centralized greening. Residents need a bigger living room and back garden. So the designer made the upper and lower floors into community living room and garden respectively. Add fashionable elements to the old house and inject new vitality into the life of Hutong with contrast. Through planning and transformation, different functions of different periods (such as coffee shop, shared office, art space, old people's lounge, etc.) are added to this space, so that the old house can redistribute its vitality and continue their life.
Project Duration: Design Time: November 2019 to December 2019
Construction Time: December 2019 to February 2020
Beijing, China
Operation Flow: The project is close to the tourist area, and the multi-functional composite space is used. On weekends, Hutong visitors make full use of the space to drink coffee, read books and talk. On weekdays, due to the lack of tourists, part of the second floor becomes a shared office space. At the same time, free rest service is provided for the elderly in the community. It is also a free street art space with exhibitions of artists from Italy, Russia and China.
Team Members: Chen Yuwei
Ping Siwei
Zheng Chenxi
Li Jing
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Liu Lei
Image #2: Photographer Liu Lei
Image #3: Photographer Liu Lei
Image #4: Photographer Liu Lei
Image #5: Photographer Liu Lei