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MD Stand Coffee & Bar

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Coffee and alcohol. A symbolic counter that visually and spatially separates two elements. The design uses the mass of lamination and volume as motifs. - KEI OHNAKA
Panoramic view from the entrance - KEI OHNAKA
Facade sign is stencil painted - KEI OHNAKA
Coffee and alcohol. A symbolic counter that visually and spatially separates two elements. The design uses the mass of lamination and volume as motifs. - KEI OHNAKA

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JURY VOTES
Bar
5.75
5.76
6.14
6.18
5.96
Jeff Xiong
Jeff Xiong Retail Space Design Director at ANTA Sports Products
6.3
6.5
6
6.3
6.28
Karim El-Ishmawi
Karim El-Ishmawi Managing Director and Cofounder at Kinzo
Solid design without any real highl...
6.03
5.23
6.57
6.66
6.12
Andreas Weidner
Andreas Weidner Head of Retail at Silhouette Group
5
4.5
6
6
5.38
Wayne Turett
Wayne Turett Founder and Principal at The Turett Collaborative : Architecture and Interior Design
Well executed but a little too stat...
5.98
6.37
7.31
6.87
6.63
Pinar Harris
Pinar Harris Vice President and Principal at SB Architects
5.5
5.5
5
6
5.5
Valentina Mariani
Valentina Mariani Journalist and Art Curatour at Valentina Mariani
6.24
5.89
6.81
6.59
6.38
Jacques Chevrant
Jacques Chevrant UX Lead and Architect at Revalu
The idea of separating the two serv...
5
5
6
5
5.25
Hilde Francq
Hilde Francq Founder at Francq Colors Trend Studio
6
4.5
6
5
5.38
Anthony Gargiulo
Anthony Gargiulo SVP Design Innovation and Transformation at Compass Group
SOLID design, great use of natural...
7.22
6.39
7.3
6.89
6.95
Jing Ju
Jing Ju Senior Designer, Global Creative Visual Merchandising at Tiffany & Co.
5.88
6.3
6.4
6.92
6.38
Gerrit Vos
Gerrit Vos Founder and Creative Director at Workshop of Wonders
6
7
7
6
6.5
Alex Yang
Alex Yang Partner and Creative Director at MOC Design Office
5.4
5.7
5.4
6.4
5.73
Sneha Divias
Sneha Divias Founder at Sneha Divias Atelier
5
5
5
5
5
Sheng Wang
Sheng Wang Founder and Design Director at Informal Design
5.75
5.75
6.3
6.3
6.03
Cheng Gong
Cheng Gong Studio Director China at Snøhetta
5
6.7
5
6.8
5.88
Designer
Client
Mongolian Company
Floor area
38 ㎡
Completion
2022
Finishes

A coffee bar will be built in a corner facing the greenway.
In response to the client's desire to combine two types of business into one space and create a place where the surrounding environment and local people can gather, we created a structure that takes into account the landscape and the uniqueness of the place by combining materials and shapes. I tried to make it happen.

When I looked at the boards piled up as materials during the process of demolition and repair at the site, it looked like a fault had rose from the ground, and at the same time, the space where natural light poured in from the opening at the entrance felt like the inside of a cave. When I looked at the actual situation, I saw images of people laughing with drinks in hand in soft light, and I decided to make it into a reality.

The space is plastered to resemble a rock surface, and the counter has a height and material appropriate to the style of the coffee and bar. For the coffee, we used SOLIDO, which is made from deposits such as volcanic ash and has excellent humidity control and strength, and for the bar, we used shakers and stainless steel used in kitchens, and by connecting them in the center of the space, they became a symbol.

SOLID is a building material made by roasting beans (plant seeds) and turning them into powder, and combining them with other materials such as extracted coffee, volcanic ash deposits, and pulp. Considering the commonality and universality of material being reborn into a new form by reconfiguring it, we decided to use for the counter, hoping to create something symbolic within the space.

While taking advantage of unique sense of mass, we wanted to make it look like a fault cut into the ground, taking advantage of the characteristics of the material, which is 3 meters long. the counters were divided between the two business categories to visually separate their uses, and the hallways were also made with skip floors to create a ridged feeling on the ground and a rhythm to the space, creating a cave-like expanse.