French studio Uchronia has accomplished the interiors for Cafe Shin in Paris, which contains a central espresso counter topped with a washi-paper roof to emulate a classic Korean home.
Positioned on Rue des Petites-Écuries within the metropolis’s tenth arrondissement, Cafe Shin was designed to pay tribute to Seoul‘s prospering espresso tradition.
“The concept was to create a spot that’s midway between Paris and Seoul,” Uchronia founder Julien Sebban instructed Dezeen.
Within the centre of the cafe, Sebban and his crew positioned a espresso counter and open kitchen, the place pastries and kimbap seaweed rolls are ready.
The construction is constructed from silky lithe wooden, with handmade washi paper used to cowl the construction’s gabled roof – in addition to the encompassing cafe partitions – providing a up to date tackle classic Korean hanok homes.
Chunky coloured-ash stools by design studio Oryu Components line the counter, mirrored in a gleaming base clad in sheets of hammered metallic.
In direction of the again of Cafe Shin, Uchronia created an extra seating nook that takes cues from South Korean bathhouses generally known as jjimjilbang.
“The bathhouses gained recognition within the Nineteen Nineties and served as locations the place individuals used to hang around,” mentioned Sebban.
Accessed through compact steps, the nook was designed with blocky built-in seating harking back to saunas and clad with swimming pool-style blue-ombre tiles by Dutch model Palet.
“The tile patterns and hues had been particularly created for this mission,” defined the designer.
Vibrant, flower-shaped Uchronia cushions synonymous with the studio’s daring design strategy had been scattered throughout the nook, which additionally options one other chunky ash stool.
“We needed to create an actual distinction between the principle room adorned with washi paper and this one, taking part in with transparency on one facet of the cafe and patterns on the opposite,” added Sebban.
The identical tiles that line the nook had been used to clad the eatery’s blue-hued facade and to create a wall-mounted shelf and bar counter in the principle room, offering additional storage and seats for diners.
Cafe Shin is a collaboration between two pals – French chef Julien Sebbag and South Korean pastry chef Shin Eun Jung. The pair created the cafe to “shake up the already established codes of classic espresso outlets”.
Uchronia, which took residence a Dezeen Award for rising inside design studio of the yr in 2023, has accomplished a variety of tasks in Paris characterised by dynamic colors and undulating shapes.
The studio’s portfolio contains a Haussmann-era house designed for a duo of jewelry designers that resembles a “chromatic jewelry field” and Sebban’s self-designed residence,created as a “love letter to French craft.”
