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This mobile café and bakery is designed to foster engagement with food culture

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This mobile café and bakery is designed to foster engagement with food culture
  1. An effort to explore the relationship between food and land, Cycle Cycle mobile bakehouse is a pop-up café and bakery that has set out across cities in China. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
  2. F.O.G. Architecture’s modular, prefabricated timber structure for Cycle Cycle is based on the form of a barn, harking to traditional agricultural architecture. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
  3. A shading board is positioned in the structure’s front and the back supports a rain-proof canopy. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
  4. Stacked grain sacks forgo bricks for the façade and side ladder; the latter feature is a nod to those used to access straw sheds commonly found on farms. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
  5. Stacked grain sacks forgo bricks for the façade and side ladder; the latter feature is a nod to those used to access straw sheds commonly found on farms. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
  6. The placement of the sacks can be modified depending on the location – these details are decided upon on site by architects and designers with input from passersby. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
  7. Raising the shading board and releasing curtains, the length of which are also customizable to the bakehouse’s location, creates semi-private space when needed. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
  8. The designers’ ultimate goal with the project is to create a new public space within urban environments, maximizing flexibility, mobility and engagement. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
  9. Accompanying furniture extends the spread of Cycle Cycle. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
  10. The clever elements embedded in F.O.G. Architecture’s farm-inspired design at once tell a larger story about our relationship with food while driving interaction with the community. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
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  1. An effort to explore the relationship between food and land, Cycle Cycle mobile bakehouse is a pop-up café and bakery that has set out across cities in China. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
  2. F.O.G. Architecture’s modular, prefabricated timber structure for Cycle Cycle is based on the form of a barn, harking to traditional agricultural architecture. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
  3. A shading board is positioned in the structure’s front and the back supports a rain-proof canopy. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
  4. Stacked grain sacks forgo bricks for the façade and side ladder; the latter feature is a nod to those used to access straw sheds commonly found on farms. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
  5. Stacked grain sacks forgo bricks for the façade and side ladder; the latter feature is a nod to those used to access straw sheds commonly found on farms. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
  6. The placement of the sacks can be modified depending on the location – these details are decided upon on site by architects and designers with input from passersby. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
  7. Raising the shading board and releasing curtains, the length of which are also customizable to the bakehouse’s location, creates semi-private space when needed. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
  8. The designers’ ultimate goal with the project is to create a new public space within urban environments, maximizing flexibility, mobility and engagement. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
  9. Accompanying furniture extends the spread of Cycle Cycle. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
  10. The clever elements embedded in F.O.G. Architecture’s farm-inspired design at once tell a larger story about our relationship with food while driving interaction with the community. - Lei Ronghua, Xiong Aijie, INSPACE
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Location
Map pointer China
Designer
F.O.G. Architecture
Client
Cycle Cycle
Structural Design
Juan Kou Structure | Tao Xinwei
Lighting Consultant
Liben Design | Zhang Xu
Construction Drawing
BANGSHE Deepen Design
Built Area
18 sq-m

An effort to explore the relationship between food and land, Cycle Cycle mobile bakehouse is a pop-up café and bakery that has set out across cities in China. 

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