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Gimisa

Studio Mute

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JURY VOTES
Single-Brand Store
6.31
5.95
6.51
5.53
6.08
Mark Eric Magno
Mark Eric Magno Principal at Aedas Interiors
6
7.2
7.8
6.5
6.88
Arthur Guimarães
Arthur Guimarães Chief Executive Officer at Arthur Guimarães Architects
Loved the design conception. From m...
9.5
9
9.5
8
9
Xuechen Chen
Xuechen Chen Architectural Designer at X.C Studio
The ceiling design is certainly eye...
8.8
8
8.5
8
8.33
Jessica Adkins
Jessica Adkins Brand Experience Design Lead Europe at M Moser Associates
8
8
8.5
8
8.13
Josse Popma
Josse Popma Partner at Popma ter Steege Architects
Feels free. Well arranged shifting...
7
8
8
6
7.25
Katie Mitchell
Katie Mitchell Managing Director at Seen Studios
I love the rammed earth effect coun...
7
9
8
7
7.75
Serhii Makhno
Serhii Makhno Founder at MAKHNO Studio
8
9
8
9
8.5
Zizhao Li
Zizhao Li Cofounder and Chief Designer at DSC · Design
I love the design of the ceiling, v...
8
7.5
8.5
8
8
Burton Baldridge
Burton Baldridge Founder at Baldridge Architects
7
9
7
6
7.25
Suvi Saloniemi
Suvi Saloniemi Head of Exhibitions at Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design Museum
8
8
8
5
7.25
Wenqing Zhou
Wenqing Zhou Founder at Add Culture & Creative Development
6.5
7
7
7
6.88
Mike McGirr
Mike McGirr Managing Partner and Design Principal at red design
6.39
6.12
5.31
5
5.71
Pooja Shah-Mulani
Pooja Shah-Mulani Partner and Design Director at LW Design
7
7
7.5
6
6.88
Anna Gitelman
Anna Gitelman Associate Professor at Suffolk University
7
8
8
7
7.5
Harkaran Singh Boparai
Harkaran Singh Boparai Founder at Space 5
6
8
6
6
6.5
Yan Zhang
Yan Zhang Cofounder at say architects
7.33
7.33
7.33
7.44
7.36
Jianan Shan
Jianan Shan Cofounder at say architects
6.4
7.44
7.02
5
6.47
Designer
Client
Inyoung Song
Floor area
93 ㎡
Completion
2021
Social Media
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‘Gimisa’ is a beverage cultural house launched by a World Barista Championship Judge. This place is a showroom, an academy, and a café at the same time, and it deals with ‘everything about coffee’ from the import of green beans to ‘how to handle beans’ including roasting. ‘Gimisa’ intends to propose a new taste experience by reinterpreting not only coffee but also various unknown Korean ingredients. 

STUDIO MUTE designed the space to reveal the characteristics of 'raw materials', starting from the client's values that place importance on the characteristics of Ingredients itself. The raw materials in this space were placed heavily in lumps, allowing you to feel the original sensation of each material. From the entrance, guests enter and experience the unfamiliar texture of the door handle made of a stone. Although it is a common stone, the feeling and energy of a stone as a doorhandle would be special, and it makes us re-think about the material itself again.

Construction using unprocessed natural materials as it is and enjoying it by consumers can be the first step in establishing an eco-friendly interior field system. This is because raw materials can be reused as they are or reworked and designed. Also, ‘Gimisa’ has very Korean characteristics. [This name is derived from the name of the SPECIAL SERVANT (Gimisanggung in Korean), who tasted first and checked for poison on behalf of the king of ancient Korea.] 

In line with Gimisa's intention to experience a new taste, it was given this name in the sense of 'tasting new'. The interior design was designed to structurally reveal such Korean characteristics avoiding cliché of Korean traditional design. The ‘island-style floating floor’ in the most central hall is done by the same concept. It is a lounge-like place where you can “taste’ the drinks that have just been served by bringing your legs up and quench thirst in a traditional Korean House ‘Hanok’. 

There are different ways to sit and enjoy here. The high table using the traditional Korean table ‘soban’ also allows you to enjoy drinks at a desired height according to your reclining posture or height. There is a ‘Maru’ in the basement. It is a place where you can take off your shoes and step up based on the Korean traditional culture. When you put your shoes on the stepping stone and sit on the table, the outside light gently enters through the semi-transparent fabric, so you can focus on ‘drinking’ while feeling the breeze and the sound of rippling water projected on the wall.