ASWA

Bitter Kiss Café

Bitter Kiss Café
© Phuttipan Aswakool
Bitter Kiss Café
© Phuttipan Aswakool

Bitter Kiss Café

ASWA

ARCHITECTS
Aswa

PROGRAM / USE / BUILDING FUNCTION
Cafe

MANUFACTURERS
Cotto, Dulux, Sincharoen Veneer & Plywood Co., Ltd.

PHOTOGRAPHS
Phuttipan Aswakool

AREA
300 M²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Bangkok, Thailand

CATEGORY
Coffee Shop

Bitter Kiss Café
© Phuttipan Aswakool
Bitter Kiss Café
© Phuttipan Aswakool

A former rental building with various materials, loft style with red brick, black color walls, and steel punching ornaments in Bangkok, Thailand, was renovated into a new cafe space, which the owners want to change the new perception of this building.

Bitter Kiss Café
© Phuttipan Aswakool
Bitter Kiss Café
© Phuttipan Aswakool

The one-and-a-half-story cafe has approximately 70 seats, is located in Bangkok's eastern suburb, about 300 square meters, and is surrounded by a high-density residential zone next to the famous zoo in Bangkok.

ASWA proposed adding the new welcome elements throughout the existing structure. The initial idea was to create a space by using an arch, and an inverted arch resembles an abstract picture frame from the exterior entrance along the interior space.

Bitter Kiss Café
© Phuttipan Aswakool
Bitter Kiss Café
© Phuttipan Aswakool

The repetitive white arch frames will welcome everyone from the street and capture the greenery scene from the golf course behind by changing its mood & tone during the day with its light and shadow.

When entering the interior space, the plywood arch partitions became the leading prominent role in creating a picturesque architectural form in the interior space, which can provide semi-private space for each customer in each area.

Bitter Kiss Café
© Phuttipan Aswakool
Bitter Kiss Café
© Phuttipan Aswakool

Based on the existing structural conditions of the building, the new elements will be placed directly on the structural grid to camouflage the existing concrete column in the center of the space with the new arch frames to greet everyone who comes to visit this cafe.


Bitter Kiss Café
© Phuttipan Aswakool
Bitter Kiss Café
© Phuttipan Aswakool
Bitter Kiss Café
© Phuttipan Aswakool
Bitter Kiss Café
© Phuttipan Aswakool


Bitter Kiss Café
Plan - Ground floor
Bitter Kiss Café
Plan - 1st floor


Bitter Kiss Café
Elevation 01
Bitter Kiss Café
Elevation 02
Bitter Kiss Café
Elevation 03

ASWA
T +66 85 9000747
ASWA
31 Soi Phahon Yothin 2, Samsen Nai, Phaya Thai, Bangkok 10400, Thailand