Thai observe IDIN Architects has created a sequence of minimal, pavilion-like buildings for Bangkok’s Nana Espresso Roasters that characteristic mirrored mosaic ceilings to replicate the encircling gardens.
Positioned in Bangkok’s Bangna district, the venture occupies an oasis-like web site of dense greenery alongside a busy highway.
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IDIN Architects have been tasked with increasing an current construction on the location, which homes the cafe and roaster’s ‘Sluggish Bar’, including a brand new ‘Velocity Bar’ serving space, extra seating and loo services.
Relatively than creating one massive construction, the observe created three slim, monochromatic metal buildings in entrance of the location, with glass partitions and mirrored ceilings that might enable the encircling gardens to “infiltrate the areas between”.
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“The primary buildings in entrance [of the site] are the results of sustaining continuity within the roof line with the prevailing constructing, which extends into three lots the place the Velocity Bar and indoor seating are situated,” defined the studio.
“The inexperienced areas of the panorama seep into the voids between these lots and spill into the inside with the assistance of reflective glass mosaics on the ceiling.”
“Via this idea, the boundaries between the three practices – structure, inside and panorama – are blurred,” he continued.
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Contrasting the black metal of the prevailing constructing, the brand new buildings have been constructed utilizing white metal and concrete frames, with outsized roofs that reach to accommodate outside terraces.
The southernmost construction incorporates the brand new bar, with a big white counter accompanied by black stools that runs its full size and continues by way of a glass finish wall to turn into an out of doors desk with mirrored legs.
Small glass corridors result in the 2 adjoining seating buildings.
Each are outfitted with wavy tops designed to “improve the espresso consuming expertise” and reference the highlands from which the espresso originates.
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In the back of the location, the brand new bogs are housed in white dice shapes with exterior sinks, linked by a paved tub that winds by way of the backyard.
“All [of the] The buildings are designed to be easy and useful, and this simplicity continues with the inside design, the place the primary focus nonetheless revolves across the espresso consuming expertise,” defined the studio.
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IDIN Architects was based by Jeravej Hongsakul in 2006, and its identify is an acronym for Integrating Design into Nature, a method that runs all through the studio’s work.
The corporate’s earlier tasks embrace the design of its personal studio in Bangkok, which includes a blackened wood exterior and tall tree planters designed to offer it an “invisible presence”.