1/2 Coffee & Bar Xiamen, Fujian Café Building Photos, Gulangyu Store, Modern Chinese Architecture
1/2 Coffee & Bar Xiamen, Fujian
18 June 2022
Design: CUN PANDA NANA Team
Location: Dadeji Bathing Beach, Shengqi Mountain, Gulangyu Island, Xiamen, Fujian, China

Photos by Liu Xinghao, Yan Yu Architectural Space Photography, Yu Vision
1/2 Coffee & Bar in Xiamen, China
In 2018, a new cafe named 1/2 opened in Xiamen. In the past 4 years, it has developed into a coffee brand integrating coffee, inn, and customization. During the rapid development period, it plans to launch branches in Xiamen and surrounding islands. CUN PANDA NANA received this design commission. The client expects to create a composite space in Gulangyu that is more in line with the surrounding natural environment and more suitable for local architecture.
A marine garden, a living museum of world architecture, a city of world heritage…these are the various annotations people give to Gulangyu, most of which show people?s fantasies and yearning for this small isolated island. As designers, Cai Xuanna and Lin Jiacheng are also expecting that in the future 1/2 Coffee & Bar (Gulangyu Store) will become one of the unique annotations of Gulangyu.

Designers Cai Xunna and Lin Jiacheng start from the brand concept of 1/2 Coffee & Bar that an interesting life is half of mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas. Based on nature, the interior design organically combines the characteristics of the islan...