Single Patch Coffee is situated at the middle of Shiquan Street in Suzhou old city, which is only a few hundred meters away from the renowned Canglang Pavilion and the Master of the Nets garden. The extremely good location not only bring up masses of consumers but also cause the significant challenge that how to clearly delineate the dialogue relationship between the pristine cafe and the old street.

“Single Patch” has the literal meaning of one piece of stuff to stick over something, which is also the philosophy of the café owner. As a barista and coffee roaster, he used to live in Melbourne for a long time. He always keeps thinking how to make this kind of street coffee culture become Suzhou lifestyle somehow as a designed intervention, just like a single patch embedding the city in order to implant the habit into people’s daily life. Therefore, the sense of participation is much in greater need refer to the design.

被观赏的渴望A longing for being watched

The entrance of the café is just under the overhanging corridor of a building, thereby how to highlight it to grab the attention of the public would be extremely significant. A holding window has been set up so that people can just sit by the sill both on the inside and outside. It is the right space to have the socializing. When people choose the sill seats framing the external street view, their inclination of socializing are activated as well. The aroma of the coffee permeates towards the street to easily draw the diners in with strong delight.