Japanese studio Puddle has designed a coffee shop inside a ferry terminal building in Hong Kong's Kowloon area, with white, concrete and light wood surfaces to match the existing structure.
The tiny cafe, % Arabica, measures 17 square metres and is located on the top level of the Star Ferry Terminal Building on the Kowloon side of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour.
Designed by Tokyo-based Puddle, the cafe is notable in its clean minimalist interior, which intended to work around the site's existing materiality.

The entrance is defined by a glowing % logo glows, placed across a white built-in unit that conceals the cafe's roller shutter front facade.
Inside is a modest, square room with hardly anything on its floors, except for a counter that houses all of the cafe's workings. From here, employees greet customers, processes payments and prepare the coffee.
The cabinet is wrapped in pale green tiles with a white countertop, and positioned in front of a windowed wall that has another large % logo across it.
"The % logo is a pared-down symbol of perfectly formed coffee cherries on a branch," said a project description.
A white espresso machine has the Arabica text across its front, with hundreds of coffee cups that bear the % logo placed on top.

Branding is a key element to Puddle's design of the coffee shop. Small graphic touches can also be seen on the floor, across custom-made umbrellas, and on other branded products.
A rear wall is covered in concrete to ...