South facade_duck. Image © FangFang Tian
- Architects: House Fiction
- Location: Sanlitun, Beijing, China
- Lead Architects: House Fiction
- Client: Doko Bar
- Area: 140.0 m2
- Project Year: 2017
- Photographs: FangFang Tian
East facade. Image © FangFang Tian
Text description provided by the architects. This project was born from an aggressive urban renovating campaign in Beijing city，storefronts in the ground level of residential buildings have to be bricked up.
Exterior_night. Image © FangFang Tian
It causes this dessert restaurant which organic grew in Sanlitun need to move to current site in urgent.
Conceptual diagram
In order to carry original memory to new location, sealed entrance and windows are transformed into stair hall and skylight.
Chef table and skylight. Image © FangFang Tian
Look up from chef table. Image © FangFang Tian
Red bricks and glass bricks are mixed to build south facade as “breathing skin” : In the day time, natural light come in fragments;
Installation space. Image © FangFang Tian
Stairs to 1F. Image © FangFang Tian
at night LED lights embedded in the wall shines, and its colour will change from blue to red due to air quality from good to bad, this is because an air detector which hidden under roof furniture can transfer PM2.5/AQI data to lighting system.
Stairs to rooftop. Image © FangFang Tian
Section
Old facade space and new facade. Image © FangFang Tian
Besides above dialogue with local specific environment（In recent years, Beijing became the most struggle city from haze.), coral red colour of staircase and attached viewfinder window of circulationroute remain connection with Doko Chengdu.
Rooftop staircase and skylight. Image © FangFang Tian
Rooftop staircase and seats. Image © FangFang Tian