Interior Designers:dongqi Architects

Area :200 m²

Year :2020

Photographs :Raitt Liu

Engineering :XinY Structrual Consultants

Consultants :TAI Architecture & Decoration

Architect In Charge : Nan Jiang

Design Team : Nan Jiang, Yiting Ma, Weijing He

Client : Basdban

City : Shanghai

Country : China

Basdban, designed by dongqi Architects, is located on the first floor of a historical building in Shanghai that has lived through several renovations. The design of this project is supported by close collaboration between the brand founder, baristas, roasters, graphic designers, structural engineers, constructors, and the dongqi team, in an effort to create a comprehensive space accommodating coffee, roasting, retail, and event functions.

dongqi carefully selected and preserved the traces leaving by ages of renovations. Customised stainless steel with extreme craftsmanship was used as the major material for the newly built part. Meanwhile, 6mm-thick horizontal steel plates run through the entire space, merging the new design into this old building in a restrained manner.