IDIN Architects uses glass and mirrors to blend Bangkok cafe into garden site
Thai practice IDIN Architects has created a series of minimal, pavilion-like structures for Nana Coffee Roasters in Bangkok, which feature mirrored mosaic ceilings to reflect the surrounding gardens.
Located in Bangkok's Bangna district, the project occupies an oasis-like site of dense greenery alongside a busy road.
Greenery surrounds the cafe
IDIN Architects were tasked with expanding an existing structure on the site, which houses the cafe and roasters' "Slow Bar" by adding a new "Speed Bar" serving area, additional seating, and bathroom spaces.
Rather than create a single, large structure, the practice created three narrow, mono pitched steel structures at the front of the site, with glass walls and mirrored ceilings that would allow the surrounding gardens to "infiltrate the gaps in between." IDIN Architects designed three structures on the site
"The main buildings in the front [of the site] are the result of maintaining continuity in the roofline with the existing building, which extends into three masses where the Speed Bar and indoor seats are located," explained the studio.
"Green areas of the landscape infiltrate the gaps between these masses and flow into the interior with the use of reflective glass mosaics on the ceiling."
"Through this concept, the boundaries between the three practices - architecture, interior, and landscape ? are blurred," it continued.
Mirrored mosaics decorate the ceilings
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