BLUE Architecture adds rectangular coffee shop to red brick building in China
Beijing-based BLUE Architecture Studio has inserted a rectangular volume down the middle of an existing building in China to form a cafe that juxtaposes old and new.
1402 Coffee Shop is a cafe in the Aranya community, which is located in Changli County in China's Hebei Province.
1402 Coffee Shop was inserted into an existing building
BLUE Architecture Studio renovated an existing one-storey red brick building with a sloped roof by adding a boxy rectangular volume to the inside of the building, which forms the coffee shop.
The volume is flanked by large glass windows, which include folding sections that open out at each end and connect the interior to its surroundings.
Folding windows open either side of the new addition
"We wanted to create a new space in the existing space," BLUE told Dezeen. "Part of the new box comes out of the existing facade and becomes the attraction of the cafe." According to BLUE, the studio's design process involved working out how to combine the necessary functions of the cafe into the rectangular volume, such as a seating area, a bar and a kitchen.
BLUE Architecture aimed to fit all of the cafe's functions within the rectangular volume
"The indoor corridor is like small lanes of a city with benches on each side," said the studio. "You can sit on the couch, buy coffee at the bar, browse small products and chat with the coffee makers."
"It's very much like taking a casual walk on a little street. We want...
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