Beach Café, Busan, South Korea

Acknowledged as the Miami of South Korea, Busan is famed for its beaches and mountains. When the layout workforce at Seoul-centered Issue Superior Inside Structure Studio (mttb) approached their assignment for a seashore café in the town of Gijang-eup in the Busan Metropolitan Metropolis area for a neighborhood manufacturer Off.O, they realized the surroundings had to be the key attraction.

The structure housing the 589 sq.-metre (6,340 sq.ft) café on the weather conditions-crushed, rugged seashore is exquisite in its small minimalist profile.

The café extends into 3 independent buildings. The central entrance space houses a bakery and a coffee bar. Angled on both equally sides are two separate seating areas, every single with amazing sights of the beach.

Minimalist black, white and purely natural slate hues dominate all 3 places with the bakery largely slate-gray and 1 of the seating spots nearly absolutely black with very long tables and small-hanging lights. The in general elongated, reduced-slung style and design language draws the eye to the windows and to the rugged landscapes outside.

The boxy shape of the structures and the rigid styles of the windows and lengthy tables are softened by rounded facts, this sort of as the hanging mild fixtures, chair backs and the edges of the reduced tables made of bulky, darkish slabs of wooden.

With the dim minimalist interiors and the indoor pathways flanked by rock-loaded “wells” there is a definite Japanese sensibility to the seating locations. We enjoy the drama made by letting the impressive views dominate the rooms.

Make any difference Improved (mttb) was in demand of branding, idea design and style, schematic structure, working drawings and design and style supervision of this task.

Photos: Yongjoon Choi