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Design Particulars: Cycle & Cycle
- Mission: Cycle & Cycle Cafe
- Location: A number of cities, China
- Measurement (inside): 18 sq. meters (193 sq. toes)
- Opened: October 2023
- Architect: F.O.G. Structure (China)
- Design Staff: Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, Hou Shaokai, Zhuang Shaokai, Zhang Zhirui, Liu Jiarui, Zhan Di, Zheng Yu
- Structural Design: Juan Kou Construction, Tao Xinwei
- Lighting Marketing consultant: Liben Design, Zhang Xu
- Images: F.O.G. Structure (Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie)
The homeowners of the Cycle & Cycle cellular espresso store that has appeared in a number of city facilities all through China wished to discover the connection between meals and land.
The challenge architect, F.O.G. Structure (see earlier work right here) informed DCN that the purpose completely aligned with the agency’s design philosophy, which is to make use of structure as a medium to attach folks and the land.
The general type of the cafe was impressed by rural buildings, referencing straw barn-like sheds used for resting which are typical within the area’s countryside. The picket construction options shading board on the entrance and stacks of grain sacks because the facade. A rainproof cover protects the shelter.
In a challenge description shared with DCN, F.O.G. mentioned the grain sacks had been chosen to mix the acquainted type of bricks with the tactile sacks.
“Small openings are deliberately left in between the sacks, permitting the inner motion akin to espresso making and bread packaging to be seen from exterior, whereas inviting pure lighting into the constructing,” the agency mentioned. “A semi-private area can be created by elevating the shading board and releasing the curtains.”
Mobility is made attainable via the constructing’s prefabricated modular construction. The precise placement of the grain sacks, the size of the shade curtain and different components are adjustable on web site, permitting for impromptu adjustments based mostly on suggestions or each day adjustments.
“Throughout building, we didn’t put fences up, permitting passers-by to totally have interaction with the creation of the construction,” mentioned F.O.G. “To encourage folks to work together with the construction, the underside of construction kinds a low seating space impressed by the low bench used for farmers who work near the bottom, whereas the grain sack facade is used as again cushion, with [the] draped down curtain, providing a way of privateness.”
The agency mentioned it has documented the cafe’s reception at completely different pop-up places all through China. “We’re capable of witness the way it’s been used, which generally will not be what we supposed as architects however attention-grabbing for us to discover and adapt when transferring on to the subsequent location,” mentioned F.O.G.
