Scent of a Golden Age 咖啡店 by Joye Chuang and Celine Liou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 金獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.
金室內· 2021
Scent of a Golden Age 咖啡店
by Joye Chuang and Celine Liou
Client: Nong Mu Design Engineering Company
A' Design Award 金獎 Winner in 室內 Category
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About Scent of a Golden Age 咖啡店
「黃金年代嘅香氣」係一間位於台南赤崁區嘅咖啡店。呢個項目係將一棟有六十年歷史嘅兩層街屋活化翻新,面積達158.67平方米。設計靈感源自昭和時代同埋美好舊時光嘅意象。舊屋原有嘅鋼架同鐵皮外牆被保留並加以精緻化處理。復古風格嘅木作結構承托住斜屋頂,屋頂上嘅橢圓形開口令人聯想起日式住宅嘅入口。金色同秋日色調構成主要嘅色彩基調。吧檯附近設有一道螺旋樓梯,梳理整體嘅動線流通。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 金獎
Scent of a Golden Age 咖啡店是 A' Design Award 金獎得主，這是授予一流、絕妙而傑出設計的極為崇高的認可。金獎得主是極具創新、極富遠見且璀璨奪目的創作，反映出其設計師的天才、智慧與才幹。預計Scent of a Golden Age 咖啡店將成為一項備受讚譽、引領潮流、氣勢恢宏的發明，帶來前所未有的價值。這件贏得 A' Design Award 金獎的設計是一個壯觀而受人敬重的項目，極大地造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Scent of a Golden Age 咖啡店激起強烈的渴望，喚起激情，鼓勵創造力，令我們著迷。
Behind the Design
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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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