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Two Guys Coffee Shop

Shejin Space Design

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JURY VOTES
Restaurant
5.77
6.23
6.19
5.59
5.95
Mijail Gutierrez
Mijail Gutierrez Principal and Design Director at Perkins and Will
6
7
6
5
6
Haijie Hu
Haijie Hu Cofounder and Creative Director at VAVE Studio
5.27
5.52
7.02
5.85
5.92
Christophe Penasse
Christophe Penasse Cofounder at Masquespacio
6.05
7.05
6.15
7.24
6.62
Hongchao Wang
Hongchao Wang Creative Director and Cofounder at Benwu Studio
5.86
6.35
6.39
5
5.9
Kim Tchai
Kim Tchai Founder and CEO at Tchai International
5.8
5.91
5.74
5.13
5.65
Geoffrey Timmer
Geoffrey Timmer Creative director at Colliers
5
6
6
6
5.75
Raquel Machado
Raquel Machado Senior Design Associate at M Moser Associates
5
6
6
5
5.5
Miriam Zuurbier
Miriam Zuurbier Associate Partner and Creative Director at TANK
6
6.5
6
5
5.88
Güray Oskay
Güray Oskay Director of Architectural Design at ATÖLYE
The design makes good use of the sm...
6
8
7.5
5
6.63
Madhubala Ayyamperumal
Madhubala Ayyamperumal Design Experience Leader at Gensler
6.31
5.83
6.31
5
5.86
Rosha Ehsan
Rosha Ehsan Head of Design at Gastronomica Middle East
6
4.99
6
6.93
5.98
Elliot March
Elliot March Cofounder at MAWD
6.78
6.81
6.4
6.49
6.62
Kamna Malik
Kamna Malik Design Curator & Content Strategist at Kamna Malik
5
5
5
5
5
Client
Daidai
Floor area
39 ㎡
Completion
2022
Finishes

Two guys coffee shop owned by slashers Daidai, Mr. Shen, Chuntian Liang, founded in Hangzhou riverside, is a collection of coffee, dining and art gallery. The original area of the space is only 39 square meters. Our group hope to create a relaxed and functional commercial space in this city. 

The first floor is dominated by coffee and simple meals. We put the operation area in the form of a box blocks in the core area. Only 10m² of space accommodates the dual function of coffee and simple meals. A hole board in the simple meal operation area is used to place kitchen utensils that need to be used and realize surface storage. 

At the same time, the lifting baffle and a sliding door under the cave board are used to divide the functional area, which not only satisfies the independent use of the functional space, but also ensures the communication and interaction of the internal space. We want the different Spaces to be connected. We set the seating in the coffee waiting area towards the open coffee operation area, also to increase the interaction and communication between the owner and the customers. 

The dining area is close to the side of simple meal making, which is easy to take out and pick up. For dining position, we interspersed and combined geometric blocks to form a fixed table and chair with a sense of architectural volume. This can improve the utilization of space and save costs at the same time. The placement of seats also echoes the arrangement of antique bricks on the ground. 

The staircase connects to the central operating area, and on the other side is a high wall leading to the second floor. We use invisible cabinet doors to hide the meter box at the high wall, and the space under the stairs also has storage function. The interior of the stair block is compact and orderly, while the exterior of the block is free and open. 

The second floor is for small art exhibition space. The owner will display the space differently according to different themes. Therefore, we planned "blank" on the second floor to provide more free space for the owners to play; After the project landed, we worked with the owner to make some props for the space, such as paper tube stool and plant hanging paintings, hoping to increase the temperature of the space by hand.