The Slit Cafe is located in a quiet, quiet alley a little away in front of Hongdae, a bustling street in Seoul. It is a space that requires versatility as it is located in a niche in the neighborhood of the busy street and has a launching plan as a fashion brand at the same time. The site was blocked in the form of an illegal building before we touched it. And it was a factor that interfered with the flow in the streets. so we proceeded with the project focusing on relationship and openness. The focus was on conceptualizing the gaps between existence and absence and understanding the totality of slits, even if part of this space is experienced in the small space that each structure creates. So even if we all look from different locations, the flow of the diagonal structure continues the same, whether inside, outside, or anywhere. Through this process, we planned to customers feel the same flow, identity and the atmosphere created by the slit. And it was important to create the environment itself, especially considering the connectivity with the surroundings. You can relax by yourself, and have your own space where you can make noise, and at the same time all these separate places are open and connected to each other through the same flow. Not just creating a gap in the Facade plan, but a three-dimensional slit occurs in the form of a huge mass penetrating. By doing so, we wanted to control light properly and naturally control light over time and create an appropriate atmosphere without the need to artificially control light. The slit of a triangle is an identity, as well as a trace of an existing entrance used before. The facade that harms the existing building landscape was removed and changed the material as the one of the entire building, but only with different colors was used to finish. We used thick steel plates on the parts of the human skin and furniture, intended to be able to experience the architectural scale. This is not a large space, but this is why many people feel the scale.
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Jun Aizaki
Founder & Owner
at Crème Jun Aizaki Architecture & Design
I like very much how the entry step...
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Meryem Yalcin
Assistant Professor
at TOBB University of Economics and Technology
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Hans J. Galutera
Founder and CEO
at HG DesignWorks LLC
Interesting expressions of diagonal...
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Mike Tristram
Strategic Lead
at Checkland Kindleysides
Love the sense of anticipation and...
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George Foussias
Director of Interior Design
at Lemay
Minimal without being simplistic; t...
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Dang Ming
Founding Partner / Chief Designer
at HONG Designworks / XUST
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Rosie Haslem
Director
at Spacelab / Labthinks
Love the strong lines and angles, r...
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Sonya Simmonds
Global Head of Design & Build
at Spotify
The concept is really strong. The r...
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Mustafa Afsaroglu
Interior Designer, Co-founder
at TS-DS
Really like the bespoke stools - si...
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Francesca Perani
Founder
at Francesca Perani Enterprise
an essential yet evocative space. I...
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Wang Guan
Founder of Matrix Design
at Matrix Design
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Luís Pedra Silva
Founder and Lead Architect
at Pedra Silva Arquitectos
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Jose Manuel Ferrero
Creative Director
at Estudihac JM Ferrero
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Minyu Zhang
Interior Design Director
at SUNAC ShangHai Group
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Caro Lundin
Co-founder & Creative Director
at ARC Club
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Patrick Keane
Director
at Enter Projects Asia
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Joe Cheng
Chairman
at CCD Cheng Chung Design
As its name suggests, the store use...
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Mustafa Afsaroglu
Interior Designer, Co-founder
at TS-DS
Love that the concept is applied to...
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Nathan Watts
Creative Director
at Interstore
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Designer
Client
Cafe Slit
Floor area
73 ㎡
Completion
2020
Designer
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