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RU Coffee Shop

RU Coffee Shop
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RU Coffee Shop

BE Design

ARCHITECTS
Be Design

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Guanzhong Wu, Tingwei Xu, Chenge Wang

MANUFACTURERS
鼎城建筑陶瓷

CONSTRUCTION:
Shanghai Jing Ming Decoration Engineering Co. Ltd.

COLLABORATOR/ ASSOCIATE
Young Mountain Coffee, LITCHI

DESIGN TEAM
Ping Wang, Yangjie Li, Lingyan Wu, Yihan Zhang

CLIENT
Btg Homeinns Hotels (Group) Co.,Ltd.

PHOTOGRAPHS
Songkai Liu

AREA
85 m²

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Shanghai, China

CATEGORY
Coffee Shop Interiors

As the first Ru Coffee store of the BTG Homeinns, managing a clear and unique brand image has become an important issue in this project.

RU Coffee Shop
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RU Coffee Shop
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As a coffee shop with brand awareness, we need to adopt a clear and strong spatial strategy to unify function and aesthetics in order to return to the ideal of ‘home’.

The original space mixes multiple groups into a large space and interferes with each other, while "home" is more likely with different rooms performing their duties and connecting each other at the same time.

RU Coffee Shop
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RU Coffee Shop
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Meanwhile, like a coffee shop, it needs to carry the social attributes for the public, and it is also a diversion device for urban activity generators.

In this regard, the design method adopted is to place a ‘HOME IN HOUSE’, which not only guarantees the privacy and sense of placement in many areas but also allows flow through the inside and outside of the room.

RU Coffee Shop
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RU Coffee Shop
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People walk into the cafe from the sunken courtyard, then see the bar and a coffee bean display area.

The interior uses the only main element-red bricks as a means of expression, and outlines the rhythm of the space through the differences in wall cladding styles, and directs the flow of people to different areas.

RU Coffee Shop
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RU Coffee Shop
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Several holes on the wall flow into the two-dimensional space formed by the expanded surface of the ‘HOME IN HOUSE’, realizing the dynamic penetration and communication of adjacent spaces.

The high wall outside the room shows an indigo blue display cabinet, which forms a strong contrast between the warm and cold inside and outside.

The innermost space is a room that can be used as both a coffee and meeting room, which also continues the cozy atmosphere of the scene, leading to the Home Inn at the end.

RU Coffee Shop
© Songkai Liu
RU Coffee Shop
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RU Coffee Shop
© Songkai Liu


RU Coffee Shop
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RU Coffee Shop
© Songkai Liu
RU Coffee Shop
© Songkai Liu
RU Coffee Shop
© Songkai Liu
RU Coffee Shop
© Songkai Liu
RU Coffee Shop
© Songkai Liu
RU Coffee Shop
© Songkai Liu
RU Coffee Shop
© Songkai Liu


RU Coffee Shop
© Songkai Liu
RU Coffee Shop
© Songkai Liu
RU Coffee Shop
© Songkai Liu


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BE Design 彼山设计
BE Design 彼山设计
B101-102 Tower 2, Zhujiang creative center, 695 Lingshi Rd, Shanghai 上海市静安区灵石路695号珠江创意中心2号楼B座101室-102室