With the size of only 52 ? (kitchen not included), the original ramen shop is adapted to a BBQ bar. Features of the project: narrow space, limited budget and poor location.

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Architects: Robot 3 Studio

Location: Beijing, China

Architect In Charge: Fei Pan, Zhi Wang

Area: 52.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Courtesy of Robot 3 Studio

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From the architect. With the size of only 52 ? (kitchen not included), the original ramen shop is adapted to a BBQ bar. Features of the project: narrow space, limited budget and poor location.

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What we propose: switching perspective, ultralow price and wormhole.Squatting is a basic human instinct.Lower sitting position could get people closer.

Plan

Each ring road of Beijing is a rough division of social class. The invisible wall made up of power and wealth divides Beijing into pieces of fixed territories, some of which are inaccessible for majority of people in their whole life. Each territory has a stable hierarchical structure and complicated codes. Design is the way to overcome the obstacles and crack the code.

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Huoying is located in the ?margin? of Beijing. As the reference of it, Sanlitun area is the center of fashio...