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Caffeine Jung-Ri
Caffeine Jung-Ri
Hwaseong-si, South Korea
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Caffeine Jung-Ri
Hwaseong-si, South Korea
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2021
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
BUDGET
Undisclosed
Located on the eastern foothills of Mt. Moobong, Cafeine Jung-ri is a restraunt nestled at the threshold where city life gives way to nature. Visitors approach the site by passing between country clubs and following a road that gently rises toward a forest trailhead. With a well-preserved woodland to the north, the design began with the intent to create a spatial narrative that offers a gradual and layered encounter with nature.
The mass of the building is long and narrow, following the east-west orientation of the plot. This form allows for a spatial sequence composed of eight layered zones—four leading from the city to the interior of the café, and another four guiding visitors from the interior out toward the forest. Each layer becomes a threshold, blurring the boundary between built and natural environments. These "architecturalized" mediations were designed to reflect a shift in atmosphere—from the urban to the natural—through both subtle and deliberate transitions.
Each flat elevation of the café acts as a backdrop for dynamic elements such as landscaping and the movement of visitors. As guests move through and around the building, these interactions accumulate into a fragmented yet unified spatial experience. The ultimate goal was to allow visitors to experience a singular architectural presence built from multiple perspectives.
The long volume unfolds not as a monumental mass but rather as a series of activated edges where the architecture meets the forest. Broad openings and deep eaves invite daylight and landscape into the interior, while outdoor decks extend the space outward into nature.
The external materials were carefully chosen to respond to both natural and artificial light. By day, sunlight and shadows animate the surface textures. By night, a combination of landscape lighting and soft glows from the interior generate a rich and tactile atmosphere.
Between the two groups of layers lies a connective void, marked by an overhead skylight and pebble-like pendant lights. These elements serve as an intermediary, merging the spatial sequences on both sides and reinforcing the idea of transition and unity.
The main space of the café is shaped by a dramatic triangular void—an uncommon form in architecture due to the discomfort often associated with acute angles. However, in this case, the triangular geometry lends a sense of directionality and spatial tension, heightening the experience. At one end, a vanishing point is formed by a sharp corner. On the other, vertical circulation is defined by a timber stair and an elevator encased in a concrete volume. Suspended between these anchors is a cascade of softly glowing, rounded pendant lights that gently animate the space.
Natural light filters in through clerestory windows placed above the triangular void and through the large openings facing the northern forest. The wood textures of the staircase and the pebble-inspired lighting act as key architectural gestures—materializing the dialogue between urban life and nature.
The mass of the building is long and narrow, following the east-west orientation of the plot. This form allows for a spatial sequence composed of eight layered zones—four leading from the city to the interior of the café, and another four guiding visitors from the interior out toward the forest. Each layer becomes a threshold, blurring the boundary between built and natural environments. These "architecturalized" mediations were designed to reflect a shift in atmosphere—from the urban to the natural—through both subtle and deliberate transitions.
Each flat elevation of the café acts as a backdrop for dynamic elements such as landscaping and the movement of visitors. As guests move through and around the building, these interactions accumulate into a fragmented yet unified spatial experience. The ultimate goal was to allow visitors to experience a singular architectural presence built from multiple perspectives.
The long volume unfolds not as a monumental mass but rather as a series of activated edges where the architecture meets the forest. Broad openings and deep eaves invite daylight and landscape into the interior, while outdoor decks extend the space outward into nature.
The external materials were carefully chosen to respond to both natural and artificial light. By day, sunlight and shadows animate the surface textures. By night, a combination of landscape lighting and soft glows from the interior generate a rich and tactile atmosphere.
Between the two groups of layers lies a connective void, marked by an overhead skylight and pebble-like pendant lights. These elements serve as an intermediary, merging the spatial sequences on both sides and reinforcing the idea of transition and unity.
The main space of the café is shaped by a dramatic triangular void—an uncommon form in architecture due to the discomfort often associated with acute angles. However, in this case, the triangular geometry lends a sense of directionality and spatial tension, heightening the experience. At one end, a vanishing point is formed by a sharp corner. On the other, vertical circulation is defined by a timber stair and an elevator encased in a concrete volume. Suspended between these anchors is a cascade of softly glowing, rounded pendant lights that gently animate the space.
Natural light filters in through clerestory windows placed above the triangular void and through the large openings facing the northern forest. The wood textures of the staircase and the pebble-inspired lighting act as key architectural gestures—materializing the dialogue between urban life and nature.
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