The “urban Ideogram” is a 5310 sqft café building located on one of the main streets in Trivandrum city. Since the commercial sustainability of such ventures is of high relevance, the challenge here was to address the question, “How can the architect bring success for a business through design?” Two factors were considered as the answer to this.
Project name
The Urban Ideogram
Architecture firm
S Squared Architects
Location
Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Photography
Khan and Baker
Principal architect
Shaji V Vempanadan, Sumi Shaji
Design team
S Squared Architects
Interior design
S Squared Architects
Structural engineer
Vipin Sivadasan
Environmental & MEP
Jacob
Visualization
S Squared Architects
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Stone
Typology
Bakery, Café cum restaurant
This project was designed and rendered by M. Serhat Sezgin. The construction and site team consists of Zebrano Furniture. The cafe and restaurant project designed for Borovoe, Kazakhstan started in 2021 and its implementation continues
Project name
Borovoe Restaurant
Architecture firm
M.Serhat Sezgin, Zebrano Furniture
Location
Borovoe, Kazakhstan
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
M.Serhat Sezgin
Collaborators
Zebrano Group of Companies Architects and Civil engineers
Visualization
M.Serhat Sezgin
Client
Ali Demirhan and Suat Var
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant, Cafe
The cafe and restaurant project designed for Almaty, Kazakhstan started in 2021 and the implementation continues. The project consists of two floors. There is a dining area, cafe, bar on the ground floor and vip dining areas and vip rooms on the upper floor.
Project name
Almaty Cafe and Restaurant
Architecture firm
M.Serhat Sezgin, Zebrano Furniture and MKG
Location
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
M.Serhat Sezgin
Collaborators
Zebrano Group of Companies Architects, Civil engineers and MKG Construction
Visualization
M.Serhat Sezgin
Client
Kemal Gül and Ali Demirhan
Typology
Hospitality › Restaurant, Cafe
For the Generation Z, young people has built a new consumption era with their highly personalized enthusiasm. Karv One Design parses them as "the Generation Undefined ". We take "Jinling Star Map CULTURE HUB" as the theme, to combine with the new commercial scene of " Coffee in the morning, wine at night", and the mysterious planet as a visual memo...
Interior design
Ally So, Li Chung Tong, Shum Fung Ting, Lai Su Man, Leung Kam
Principal designer
Kyle Chan
Design team
Kyle Chan, Derek Ng, Jacky Wan
Collaborators
Sushila Law, Katie Ng
Architecture firm
Karv One Design
Client
Sunac China Holdings Limited
The subject of the modification was the old Laundry house, which stands in the garden of the “Altes Pfarrhaus”, which was renovated five years ago, and for a long time was used only as a storage room.
Project name
Literaturcafé in Pöcking
Architecture firm
WSM Architekten
Location
Pöcking, Bayern, Germany
Photography
Sascha Kletzsch
Collaborators
Verein „Literaturcafé Waschhäusl“
Landscape
Stimmer Landschaftsarchitekten
Visualization
WSM Architekten
Typology
Hospitality › Cafe
First built during the Qing Dynasty’s Kangxi period in Chengdu, China, Kuanzhai Alley mainly consists of three northwest-southeast streets, which are connected by lots of small alleys in a crisscrossed pattern. During the early stage of the Republic of China period, among the three main streets, the wider street was named “Kuan Alley” (Wide Alley),...
Project name
% Arabica, Wide & Narrow Alley in Chengdu
Architecture firm
B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Location
Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
Principal architect
Shuhei Aoyama, Yoko Fujii, Lingzi Liu, Dejing Zou, Masaya Kawashima / B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Lighting
B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Material
Wall: stucco, handcrafted brick Floor: grey brick, exposed aggregate concrete Bar Counter: Dupont Corian
Typology
Café, Architectural Renovation / Interior Design
The project is the new store of the new-Chinese-style dessert brand “Zolaism” in Aranya, Qinhuangdao, one of the most popular seaside resort communities sitting 3-4 hours drive from the central city of Beijing
Project name
Zolaism Café, Aranya
Architecture firm
B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Location
Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province, China
Principal architect
Shuhei Aoyama, Yoko Fujii, Lingzi Liu, Jiaxi Li, Ziwei Zhou/ B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Built area
170 m² (interior), 47 m² (exterior)
Interior design
B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Lighting
B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Material
Wall: cement coating. Floor: terrazzo. Rock Sculpture: GRC
Typology
Hospitality › Cafe
This is a modern oriental restaurant features the best of both contemporary aesthetic and Islamic traditions. It is a great integration of these two techniques. We tried to create a mix of both styles that embraced the beauty of the middle eastern culture in tandem with a rather modern finish.
Project name
Oriental Café & Restaurant
Tools used
Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray Renderer, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Asmaa Kamel
Design team
Asmaa Kamel , Muhammed Kamel
Collaborators
Muhammed Kamel
Visualization
Asmaa Kamel
Typology
Commercial, Restaurant, Cafe
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