Formula 商店 by Hsu Ti-Pin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.

銀室內· 2023

Formula 商店

by Hsu Ti-Pin

Client: Muyi Creation

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 室內 Category

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The Design

About Formula 商店

該連鎖咖啡品牌位於一棟高6.5m的獨立建築內，兩側均設有大面積窗戶，採光充足。簡約又時尚的黑灰白設計，一落成就迅速成為熱門打卡地。內部以三角形的3D幾何形狀裝飾，讓人想起咖啡館主打的冰滴咖啡的形象。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Formula 商店是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Formula 商店將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Formula 商店是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This project is a chain store coffee brand. it is an independent building with a raised height of 6.5m, where the two sides facing the roads both feature a large area of windows for lighting; the simple and well-executed black, grey, and white looks of the structure turns it into a popular check-in spot soon after its completion. It is decorated with triangular 3D geometric forms resembling an hourglass, implying the image of ice drip coffee which the cafe specializes in.
Dimensions & Packaging: The property is about 305 square meters.
Tags: Interior Design, Cafe, White tone, Wooden texture, Modern style
Production Technology: The greenish-grey section for the top of the building is made with metal corrugated boards, while the weather-durable white middle section applied granite paint decorated with linear arrays and the name of the cafe with backlighting to enhance the visual layers. The inside of the cafe applied a soft white tone with a massive amount of mellow wooden texture for overlapping volume and decoration design, which is decorated with metal lights and greyish-blue brand logo…etc.
Design Challenge: For a commercial dining space, how to cater to the accommodation capacity of customers, the degree of comfort, the brand image and the profit of the proprietor under the criteria of a certain space and budget are all key points to be considered. Therefore, other than clearly dividing the work zone for the planning of an independent cafe, it can also increase the interaction between the buyer and the seller, offering a relatively flexible spatial arrangement.
Research: In order to relieve the severe sun exposure on the west wing of the building, the space is deliberately retreated to form a raised semi-alfresco area, where the square mirror set up on top of the semi-alfresco area is capable of mirroring the prosperous trees from different angles. A rectangular window is designed by the corner to ingeniously incorporate the tranquil postures of the trees indoors, where one can experience the different window views along with the change of the seasons.
Inspiration: The chain's name is Cuiqu, is the Chinese word for Extraction in Romanization system; is also the root of the brand. In order to combine the brand story with the building volume, the imagery and the materialization of the word Extraction has become the core of the inspiration. The existing frame is surmounted via stripping off the geometric blocks from the main structure, and combining different materials to create a multi-layered reality.
Project Duration: The project finished in 2021, in Taichung City, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: In order to correspond to the golden block environment and to optimize the brand image, an image wall with the ice drip coffee logo welcomes the guests at the entrance while adequately embellishing the dynamics of the personnel in the open coffee zone behind the wall. The sofa booth seating area applied a horizontal triangular montage on the back wall, reinforcing the image of an ice drip coffee maker while extending the brand concept a step further.
Team Members: Hsu Ti-Pin
Image Credits: Liu Po-Nien