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Portable Bakehouse

F.O.G. Architecture

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Portable Bakehouse by CycleCycle - INSPACE
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Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Pop-Up Store
8.68
8.78
8.86
8.42
8.69
Liz Gallagher
Liz Gallagher Studio Director at March and White Design
6
6.5
6
5.5
6
Leendert Tange
Leendert Tange Creative Partner at Storeage-Group
6
7.5
8
5
6.63
Ronnie Belizaire
Ronnie Belizaire Studio Practice Leader and Principal at HKS Inc.
6.25
5.75
6
5
5.75
Yan Pan
Yan Pan Cofounder and Chief Architect at SpActrum
5
6
6.5
5.5
5.75
Preeti Singh
Preeti Singh Brand Director at India Design ID
7
6
7
6
6.5
Anne-Laure Pingreoun
Anne-Laure Pingreoun Founder at Alter-Projects
6
6.5
7
5
6.13
Tanya Suvannapong
Tanya Suvannapong Design Director at Gensler
6.5
7
7
5.5
6.5
Andrea Zickhardt
Andrea Zickhardt Managing Director at Holzer Kobler Architekturen
6
7
7
4
6
Quan Huang
Quan Huang Chief Designer at WJID
6.11
5
5.95
5
5.52
Judy Dowle
Judy Dowle Associate Design Director at Studio XAG
6
7
7
6
6.5
Claude Saos
Claude Saos Head of interior architecture and design at LISAA Strasbourg
6
7
7
5
6.25
Julia Chiaramonti
Julia Chiaramonti Founder at Julia Chiaramonti
6.02
6.08
5.45
5.13
5.67
Ismael Abedin Ingelmo
Ismael Abedin Ingelmo Founder and Director at DXMID
6.65
5.77
7.17
5.86
6.36
Servaas Vehmeijer
Servaas Vehmeijer Partner and Managing Director at The Invisible Party
6
7
6
5
6
Comments
Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
GRAND JURY VOTES
Shortlisted - Pop-Up Store of the Year
8.96
8.95
8.95
8.89
8.94
Liz Gallagher
Liz Gallagher Studio Director at March and White Design
6
6.5
6
5.5
6
Leendert Tange
Leendert Tange Creative Partner at Storeage-Group
6
7.5
8
5
6.63
Ronnie Belizaire
Ronnie Belizaire Studio Practice Leader and Principal at HKS Inc.
6.25
5.75
6
5
5.75
Yan Pan
Yan Pan Cofounder and Chief Architect at SpActrum
5
6
6.5
5.5
5.75
Preeti Singh
Preeti Singh Brand Director at India Design ID
7
6
7
6
6.5
Anne-Laure Pingreoun
Anne-Laure Pingreoun Founder at Alter-Projects
6
6.5
7
5
6.13
Tanya Suvannapong
Tanya Suvannapong Design Director at Gensler
6.5
7
7
5.5
6.5
Andrea Zickhardt
Andrea Zickhardt Managing Director at Holzer Kobler Architekturen
6
7
7
4
6
Quan Huang
Quan Huang Chief Designer at WJID
6.11
5
5.95
5
5.52
Judy Dowle
Judy Dowle Associate Design Director at Studio XAG
6
7
7
6
6.5
Claude Saos
Claude Saos Head of interior architecture and design at LISAA Strasbourg
6
7
7
5
6.25
Julia Chiaramonti
Julia Chiaramonti Founder at Julia Chiaramonti
6.02
6.08
5.45
5.13
5.67
Ismael Abedin Ingelmo
Ismael Abedin Ingelmo Founder and Director at DXMID
6.65
5.77
7.17
5.86
6.36
Servaas Vehmeijer
Servaas Vehmeijer Partner and Managing Director at The Invisible Party
6
7
6
5
6
Client
Cycle Cycle
Floor area
18 ㎡
Completion
2023
Social Media
Instagram
Lighting
Structure

The overall form is informed by a barn. The wooden structure features shading board on the front and rainproof canopy supported on top at the back, with stacks of grain sacks as façade and ladder on the side, referencing a straw shed for resting commonly seen on Chinese farmland. We want to maximise its flexibility and mobility, able to be adapted in various environment, creating a new public space within an urban city. We want to use architecture as a medium to connect people and the land.

The client is a bakery brand and wanted to explore the relationship between food and land in this project, which perfectly matches the design philosophy of our studio – use architecture as a mudium to connect people and the land.
It is a modular structure, allowing it to be transported to various locations. Details such as the placement of the grain sacks, and the length of the curtain are figured out on site with input from architects, builders and even random passers-by, adding a sense of impromptu. The mats on the rainproof canopy and the rough texture of the fabric in their primitive state present the beauty of wild nature.

We used stacked grain sacks as façade, combining the form of bricks and tactile sacks. Small openings are intentionally left in between the sacks, allowing the internal movement such as coffee making and bread packaging to be seen from outside, while inviting natural lighting into the building. A semi-private space can also be created by raising the shading board and releasing the curtains.

We want to maximise its flexibility and mobility, able to be adapted in various environment, creating a new public space within an urban city. To encourage people to interact with the structure, the bottom of structure forms a low seating area inspired by the low bench used for farmers who work close to the ground, while the grain sack façade is used as back cushion, with drapped down curtain, offering a sense of privacy.