Pivot Café

Pivot Café
© Cho Guenyoung

Pivot Café 

OFF studio

ARCHITECTS
Off Studio

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Kim Junyeong, Kim Hyosung, Cho Guenyoung

PHOTOGRAPHS
Cho Guenyoung

AREA
54 M²

YEAR
2024

LOCATION
Mapo-gu, South Korea

CATEGORY
Coffee Shop Interiors

Text description provided by architect.

The site is located at the alley intersection in Hapjeong-dong.

Pivot Café
© Cho Guenyoung
Pivot Café
© Cho Guenyoung

Due to these geographical characteristics, every road connects to this space. The name of the space, 'Pivot', meaning the center of transition, originated from this concept.

In addition to being a geographical focal point, various visual and spatial transformations were realized through different architectural elements within the space.

Pivot Café
© Cho Guenyoung
Pivot Café
© Cho Guenyoung

The space was originally used as a house constructed with load-bearing walls, but its function changed with the introduction of a steel structure.

By retaining the original ceiling and floor, the space naturally reveals its past and traces of time. The white-painted steel structure and the newly designed walls contrast with the existing ceiling and floor, allowing visitors to sense how the space has transformed.

Pivot Café
© Cho Guenyoung
Pivot Café
© Cho Guenyoung

The whisky bar, made of oak, represents the culmination of this transformation and stands as a symbol of the space.

The objects scattered across the space are designed with only the minimal forms necessary for their use.

Pivot Café
© Cho Guenyoung
Pivot Café
© Cho Guenyoung

Their free placement, departing from a unified grid, creates various changes in the landscape depending on the direction of view.

The metal object located in the center can take on various forms through modular design.

Pivot Café
© Cho Guenyoung
Pivot Café
© Cho Guenyoung

These undefined forms can lead to various uses and transformations of the space over time.


Pivot Café
© Cho Guenyoung
Pivot Café
© Cho Guenyoung
Pivot Café
© Cho Guenyoung
Pivot Café
© Cho Guenyoung
Pivot Café
© Cho Guenyoung
Pivot Café
© Cho Guenyoung


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