Old Ferry Donut Café / Studio GIMGEOSIL

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Text explanation provided by nan architects. Old Ferry Donut, contempt its distinctly American name, is filled pinch a astonishing magnitude of Korean elements. A donut cafe pinch a Korean accepted aesthetic, isn’t it unique? Our customer wanted to show to overseas visitors that “Korea besides has delicious donuts,” and looked for a abstraction creation that embodies a unique Korean aesthetic. As a result, our interior and branding projects person commenced reinterpreting accepted Korean elements successful a modern style.

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Traditional Korean elements specified arsenic instauration stones, folding screens, and people paintings person been thoughtfully incorporated into nan interior creation details. The action of materials, including lauan plywood, walnut, brass, and stone, was made to create a earthy and oriental ambiance. The diamond-shaped cornerstone supporting nan java barroom was designed pinch inspiration from nan instauration chromatic utilized successful Hanok, a accepted Korean-style house. The Moru solid utilized to conceal nan plumbing fixture successful nan retention abstraction has a wood-slat quality reminiscent of Hanok. Further, nan moving partition pinch shelves bears a resemblance to nan Korean folding screen. The partition tin accommodate nan merchandise and signage of Old Ferry Donut while creating separation wrong nan abstraction and preventing a cramped quality pinch its frames. The wall displays people paintings printed connected silk wallpaper, showcasing fashionable donuts harmoniously integrated into classical images.

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Plan

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The abstraction is somewhat narrow, astir 50 quadrate meters, but has a unsocial building pinch a towering 7-meter precocious ceiling connected 1 side. While highlighting these features, we cautiously arranged nan lighting and air-conditioning system to guarantee that nan position extracurricular nan model and earthy ray were not obstructed. The lighting and air-conditioning strategy person chiefly been installed crossed nan ceiling for efficiency, however, successful this peculiar space, specified placement would obstruct nan position done nan window. To debar immoderate obstruction of sight, we hung a custom-made 7-meter-long lighting fixture supra nan bar, arsenic good arsenic a 7-meter-long indirect lighting fixture connected nan other side. Besides, we installed one-way air-conditioners astatine 3 different locations successful nan barroom to support an unobstructed position and minimize nan vulnerability of pipes.

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Elevation D

The furnishings astatine Old Ferry Donut features unsocial variations from nan emblematic information style of donuts. The abstraction is designed successful a elemental yet move fashion. Stainless alloy was chosen arsenic nan superior worldly for its durability and easiness of maintenance. The cushions and nan backrests were applied pinch nan brand’s signature bluish colour to reenforce its personality successful a casual yet accordant tone. Our furnishings was crafted pinch durable materials that tin withstand ultraviolet rays and rain. It has besides been designed to guidelines retired against nan exposed actual exterior, while besides mingling pinch nan interior of nan Old Ferry Donut. Slight variations of entity bluish and mint colors were further applied to amended nan visibility of nan stools against nan actual wall.

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Project location

Address:2f, 66 Hannam-daero 27-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Location to beryllium utilized only arsenic a reference. It could bespeak city/country but not nonstop address.

Published connected May 13, 2023

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