Starbucks Food Villa / I Like Design Studio
Architects : I Like Design Studio
Location : Ratchaphruek Road, Bangkok, Thailand (13°45'53.28"N , 100°26'38.47"E)
Design Team : Narucha Kuwattanapasiri , Somchoke Uthansai , Wasin Hiranrujirat
Client: BT Group Corporation
Area : 470 sq. m.
Project Year : 2014
Photographs : Soopakorn Srisakul
Starbucks Food Villa is located at Food Villa Market Ratchapruek, Bangkok. The building is 2-story steel structure features drive-thru, bar seating on the ground floor and meeting room, toilets on the 2nd floor. As it is one of Food Villa Project so, the design concept of Starbucks flagship store needs to be outstanding but in harmony with the neighborhood. The main concept of Food Villa project is a Food Mall. The Market represented “farmhouses”, developed from farmhouses elevation pattern and Retail shops represented a “farmer house”.
Design concept is inspired by an important contrast between the luxurious of Starbucks brand and the simplicity of farmer house. Neat and modern gable roof on the ground floor represented the farmer house style as other building in the project. Transparent glass box is placed on the top for clearly look from outside and glowing at night from inside to show users’ lifestyle.