Crimson Coffee Shop
Next to the parking lot outside the ocean park in the Tianfu New District of Chengdu, there is a coffee shop called Crimson. The first floor has an area of 300 square meters, with the east and west sides facing outside. The site has undergone a round of decoration before, the ground has been paved and the irregular mezzanine has been built. We hope to transform this space into a vibrant place by adding only few elements.
The space of the hall area is very tall and bright. The last decoration left a piece of floor tile area with exotic patterns. These tiles were not removed in the new design, but were carefully protected, and based on which, the layout of the entrance hall was designed.
Photography by © Weiqi Jin The location of the bar is determined below the mezzanine floor, which is the core of the whole coffee shop and also the darkest area. The bar is not simply designed as two square boxes hidden pipelines and storage rooms, but is considered as two large back-to-back tables with ceramic tiles. One side is the espresso bar, and the other side provides filter coffee.
The equipment is simply placed on the desktop or hung under it, and the pipelines are reasonably arranged and stored in a unified casing. The layout of the bar has listened to the opinions of the barista, and the equipment and appliances are arranged according to the most efficient flow. On one side of the filter coffee bar, facing the barista, there is a row of seats for customers. The...