Restaurant y Sea

Beidaihe, China
Vector Architects

Climate
In Beidaihe, the summers are long, warm,
humid, wet, and partly cloudy.

North

Beach
Materials
Concrete and steel

The full height fair-faced cast-in-place concrete walls of the courtyards

resist the sheer force of the whole building, which makes it possible to
support the load of the thick eaves on columns of only 120mm in diameter.

This way, the slender steel elements, similar in diameter to the

surrounding tree trunks, blend in the surrounding woods.
Plan and Elevation

Trees are interlocked within

the fragmented spatial
boundary and courtyards.
The architecture appears as a
non-directional canopy
floating above the undulant
landscape, looming in the
woods.
Circulation and Ventilation There is no designated main
entrance for the restaurant.
Instead, clear glass sliding
doors are placed along the
perimeter, which, when fully
opened, cause the spatial
boundary to disappear,
turning the building into a
"pavilion".

People can approach the dining space from any direction. They
will firstly step into a transitional space with a lowered eave, and
then gradually walk into the main dining area under a raised-up
central roof, illuminated by immersive natural light.
Circulation and Ventilation

The inner tree courtyards bring light

and airflow deep into the restaurant,
and at the same time, like hinges, they
anchor the space. The courtyards
simultaneously divide and connect
the surrounding spaces.

Tree branches sway with the sea

breeze and cast their shadow through
the skylights onto the wall and floor.
The dining space becomes animated
with the flickering of light and shadow,
cultivating another dimension of
indirect engagement between space
and nature.
.

From top to bottom, the tree crowns, building roof, and dining area underneath
constitute the three major layers in the section sequentially.

These various public spaces take on a meaning beyond that of an everyday space.
The demand of people's lives sculpts them, while in the other way around these
spaces affect people's lives.
 Kitchen and other
. technical places
Analysis
Light, wind and view in architecture are
all the paths leading people to interact
with nature.
The project aims to establish a
dispersed and a more casual
everyday atmosphere. The
seascape is no longer the
visual focus for people, and
acts as a backdrop for the
restaurant.

The architects designed a group of

courtyards and large grid beams reducing
the need for strictly aligned load bearing
elements and minimize the amount of
structural walls, which helps to achieve
the project's smooth flow, creating an
atmosphere as under a floating "cloud".
Analysis
The light-filtering waffle beams remit the need for strictly aligned load-bearing elements and minimize
the amount of structural walls, which help achieve the staggered fluidity of the plan.
https://www.archdaily.com/921576/restaurant-y-sea-vector-
architects

https://weatherspark.com/
MODERNIST COFFEE

LOCATION : VADODARA, INDIA

YEAR : 2019
ARCHITECTS : THE CROSSBOUNDARIES

Modernist Coffee, as the name suggests, is a

raw, modern approach to coffee culture. An
ample 1350 sq.ft space, punctuated with 900
sq.ft of lush terrace gardens in a high-rise
building, the café is tucked away from the city,
open for discovery
Using the brand’s idea of ‘Spaces,
People and Coffee’ to intermingle
and flow into each other, the café
floor is conceived as a modern
crossroads where coffee culture
seamlessly merged with art and
public life.
This café was approached with a fresh outlook on materials and textures. The
designers used materials in their raw and true form and intended to exhibits the
properties of ageing and distress on them. With seamless dark micro-crete
flooring and exposed brick cladding, the aim was to give a raw, unfinished and
edgy look.

The ingenuity of the design lies in its use of cut-

bricks along the stretcher course on vertical
surfaces, with deep grooves

The flooring is a seamless expanse of graphite

pigmented-microcrete, a material which softens
the gaze and brings shallow reflections of light
across the surface. The fairly smooth flooring is
a contrast to the rather raw and textured finish
of the ceiling
The vertical partitions were designed to impart maximum
transparency, through the 8 mm clear glass panels, housed in a
thin MS flat section. Running on a thin channel, the glass
screens are almost non-existent, while allowing for privacy and
acoustic cut-off, when needed
An important feature of the café’s experience is
the carefully designed and selected lighting. The
overall lighting system is a custom-designed,
calculated grid.

Running across the ceiling, and along the beams, is

an array of bent-GI pipes, grouped equidistantly, and
fluidly ending at different lengths.

The pipes terminate in a bent curve, with a cylindrical spot-light

fixture at its end. The radius of each curve has been carefully
calculated and executed in place
In the central bay, linear lights
spanning the area between beams
are uniquely fashioned out of
brown medicine bottles and metal
sheeting. This gives a brown-yellow
gentle glow to the space. This
lighting product, named Cyclotron
by the designers, is a one-of-its-
kind, as it uses special industrial
materials, and is made to order.

Colored in mellow blues and rust,

the large, suspended jute lights
go well with young plants
https://www.archdaily.com/940640/modernist-coffee-the-
corssboundaries?ad_source=search&ad_medium=search_result_projects

https://www.thecrossboundaries.com/albums/modernist-
coffee/

https://thearchitectsdiary.com/modernist-coffee-culture-
seamlessly-merged-with-art-and-public-life-the-
crossboundaries/

https://www.thecrossboundaries.com/albums/modernist-
coffee/
 Restaurant on sea, Teshima, Japan

LOCATION: Teshima ,Japan

ARCHITECTS: CASE-REAL
AREA: 1685 m²
YEAR: 2013
MAIN OBJECTIVE: "Place
for Food", for the visitors
and the local islanders

.
Site plan showing the close proximity to the sea
Floor plan
Floor plan demonstrating the terrace as the hub of the design
Section indicating the raised foundations to protect against
flooding
40 meters long duo-
arch structure
running along the
coast.
The foundation of the building, raised as a
measure against the flood of tidal waves,
uses a red-brown concrete, as if the earth
itself had been raised, providing contrast
to the presence of the blue sky and ocean
continuing beyond. It was our aim to
provide architecture that coexists with the
island.
Sea-facing side open as a terrace This terrace captures the breathtaking
views of the ocean extending forth and important element of this design as a
hub through which each feature --the kitchen, restaurant and public kitchen--
are all connected, both in physicality and in consciousness.
 Seating in open terrace.
Sense of openness.
The terrace offers
shelter, as well as
ample ocean views.

Formal seating
fully enclosed
eating area
Sense of
privacy
a glazed wall
blurs the
division of
internal and
external space
• The terrace portion of the roof
uses a light wave plate with a
permeability that conjures a
feeling of openness, and natural
sunlight pouring through the roofs
of both arches creates differing
atmospheres in the indoor and
outdoor spaces.
• Light enters the volumes
through translucent
polycarbonate panel
Steel Framed Structure
A public kitchen to be made available to
a variety of people directly in front of
the building's main approach, a rich
communication built surrounding food
will emerge.
https://www.archdaily.com/442166/restaurant-on-the-sea-
case-real
 Simsim Café
LEAD ARCHITECTS: Choi Kwangho, Park Hyunhee

AREA: 75m² COUNTRY: SOUTH KOREA

YEAR: 2018
 MATERIALS:
The project started with the intention to fill the space not with
ordinary objects but with ones that have the scent and vibe of Jeju
Island.
The use of vegetation continues to accentuate the space against a
backdrop of concrete walls. Dry grass and tree twigs placed
strategically in the space to explore the power of nature in its
realistic sense. The counter is supported by long logs of wood stack
upon each other.

The interiors paint the picture of a space inside the

woods. Logs of wood have been designed and cut to be
used as seats surrounding the garden table on a slightly
sunken floor filled with soil. The table is supported by a
natural stone fill around it and finished in wood.
PLAN:
FRONT ELEVATION:

SIDE ELEVATION:
 The FRONT DOOR acts as the only entrance and exit
of café.

The Simsim café is awash with daylight, and the large windows help in
framing the views from the inside. For the future tourists and
wanderlusts hoping to visit Jeju Island, this will be one of the spaces
that showcases the tranquility of this small landmass amidst various
construction projects that fail to merge nature into their existence.
Designing with both realistic view on Jeju and the client’s
view full of fantasy in consideration, it did not take long to
plan out the Simsim cafe, applying a few rules and the line of
flow.
1. A bookshelf to store and share the hundreds of books the
client has
2. A space where the roaster can be used
3. The image of a relaxing shelter
https://www.archdaily.com/896886/cafe-that-resembles-jeju-island-
starsis?ad_source=search&ad_medium=search_result_projects

https://retaildesignblog.net/2018/06/27/simsim-cafe-by-
starsis-jeju-south-korea/

https://www.archute.com/simsim-cafe-starsis-architects-jeju-
islands-taste-nature/
 RIVIERA LUXURY BEACH BAR
Location
Agios Ioannis Beach – Sithonia –
Chalkidiki - Greece
Architectural design
Skarlakidis Architecture Studio,
G.Bartzioumas
Architects
George Bartzioumas , Stefanos
Skarlakidis
Project Year
2016
Area
50 m² (Indoor), 500 m² (Outdoor)

• The Riviera Luxury beach bar is located in Chalkidiki in one of the most renowned beaches in the Sithonia area, the beach of Saint John. The project
has the character of a deep threshold between the forest and the beach. The beach bar is consisted of a standing bar area, a restaurant that can
accommodate up to 40 people and a lounge that is ideal for parties and social events.
• The location and the natural beauty of the scenery have inspiredthe
architects to design the “Riviera” bar. By taking into account those
things, they have created a pallet that combines natural materials
and textures, which have led to the development of a form that
“emerges” from the sand and the ground.
The fencing that surrounds the area has been created by using cement sunbreaks
(celosias). This perforated fence takes us back to the Hellenic modernism of the 60’s, it
acts as a game between the light and the shade while gaps alternating with whole parts
and moreover it constantly alters the relationship of the spaces between the dipole
“spectator-spectacle”.
• The external undivided canopy, brings together the whole construction and provides shade to the area.
• The different material that is being used to create the panels of the specific shed aims to make distinguishable the usage of the different areas.
 The makuti, which has been vertically placed
and let free to rustle to the breeze that is coming
from the sea, creates a shade to the restaurant The reed has been chosen to cover the bar-lounge
area. area.

• Makuti roofs are made from sun-dried palm leaves arranged in layers to keep water away from the inner roof structure.
• The use of reed in traditional architecture is mostly connected with the lowland regions of Europe
South Facing
 Entrance to Cafe

Washroom

sitting area under roof

kitchen

Open area near beach

 Analysis
By looking and studying the roofing system of this cafe, it seems like it is a seasonal beach bar and it remains closed during rainy season as I can’t see any
system to escape from rain here. Also the material for roof has gaps in it to enter the breeze.

use of
gravel and
blocks for
outdoor Private Normal chairs,
flooring blocks area for eating
purpose
Sense of connection with Open shower to difference in
surroundings. remove the sand flooring material
play of light and shadow. after coming
from beach

use of gentle
cool colours,
that affects
the mood of
the place

Use of swing chairs, raised Four different kind of seatings

Use of different material in same roof to
sitout for gossiping and wooden
differentiate the space
enjoying the sun and platform for
breeze indoor area
https://divisare.com/projects/380464-skarlakidis-architecture-
studio-riviera-agios-ioannis-luxury-beach-bar

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CAFE RIVIERA LUXURY BEACH MODERNIST COFFEE RESTAURANT ON SEA RESTAURANT y SEA SIMSIM CAFE
BAR
LOCATION Nikiti, Greece Vadodara, India Teshima, Japan Beidaihe, China South korea

AREA 50 m² (indoor) 500 m² 125.4m², 83.6m² (Terrace 1685 m² 713 m² 75 m²

(outdoor) Garden)

ARCHITECTURAL Cement sunbreaks. the café was approached Duo arch structure Atmosphere of being Embracing nature
FEATURES use of makuti in roof for with a fresh outlook on Raised red-brown under a floating cloud, Relaxing shelter.
a non-directional canopy
breeze to freely rustle, materials, textures, and concrete foundation.
floating above the
creates shade also. meaning of art. Materials Light wave plate roof in undulant landscape,
use of Reed. were used in their raw terrace. looming in the woods.,
and true form Tree branches cast their
shadow through the
skylights cultivating
another dimension of
indirect engagement
between space and
nature.