1402 Coffee Shop Aranya, Qinhuangdao Architecture Images, Hebei Building Design
1402 Coffee Shop in Aranya, Hebei Province
30 July 2021
Architects: B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Location: Changli, Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, Northern China
1402 Coffee Shop in Aranya
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Photos by Zhi Xia
1402 Coffee Shop in Aranya Building
Situated on the main road to the coast near the west gate of Aranya community, the 1402 project is a coffee shop built into an existing red brick architecture with sloping roof. The architectural concept behind the renovation embraces the juxtaposition of the old and the new. The renovation includes two parts: the interior space and outdoor seating space.
Within the interior space, we insert a new volume into the existing building. The rectangular box forms a new cafe experience that integrates the functional needs of seating, waiting area, pour over bar, display and landscape, while dividing the open space to offer guests a variety of spatial experience. The pigmented Dagu cement box extends to the street-facing facade of the red brick building, which defines a new visual focus for the originally dull facade, arousing the curiosity of guests to explore in the space.

The new glass facade features fully-operable folding doors and windows facing both the square and the outdoor cafe area, and increases interaction between the interior and the exterior. The core zone of the box is divided into semi-private seating and ...