花盒咖啡 / SoBA

Flower Box Coffee/SoBA
花盒咖啡 / SoBA

设计理念的创新性：该项目最令人印象深刻的在于其对于建筑设计理念的创新性表达。它颠覆了传统建筑“固定不变”的刻板印象，赋予了建筑“生命力”。通过可开合的结构设计，建筑能够根据时间、天气和使用需求做出主动回应，展现出“会动”的特性。这种设计理念不仅体现在功能性上，更是一种对空间表达的创新尝试，使建筑融入城市节奏，成为城市中鲜活的一部分。这种设计语言的转变，赋予了建筑在城市环境中独特的魅力，使之更具吸引力和参与感，充分体现了设计师对现代建筑设计思想的深刻理解和创新。

空间设计的巧妙之处：该项目的空间设计极具巧思，充分利用“灰空间”的概念，模糊了室内外的界限，创造了丰富的空间体验。通过折叠门板、滑动立面和通透材料的应用，设计师营造了多个半开放空间，既能遮风挡雨，又能让光线和风穿透，实现了与环境的无缝融合。建筑与周边环境的互动设计也十分出色，比如对面的遮阳和座椅系统与建筑相互呼应，共同构建了一个开放且包容的公共空间。这种灵活的空间设计不仅满足了多种功能需求，更丰富了人们的使用体验，使得建筑不再是单一的“物体”，而是一个充满活力的“界面”，为生活创造了无限可能。

可持续理念的实践：在建筑结构与材料的选择上，该项目也展现了对可持续发展理念的深刻理解。采用轻钢结构体系，外覆铝板，地面铺设竹木材料，最大程度地减少了对原有平台的干扰。这种“稳固骨架+可变表皮”的建构策略，延长了建筑的生命周期，赋予其在城市环境中持续适应的能力。此外，设计中对可变界面的运用，也使得建筑能够应对不同的季节、光照条件和运营场景。这种轻盈、灵活的设计策略，不仅降低了建筑的维护成本，也使得建筑能够更好地融入环境，实现与自然的和谐共生，体现了设计师对建筑可持续发展的思考和实践。

This project is located on a lakeside platform in Huaqiao Central Park, Kunshan, Jiangsu. The original site was an old sunshade pavilion. Despite its advantageous geographical location, it has been neglected for a long time due to its limited functionality. We hope to bring this space to life through a lightweight and flexible design intervention, making it a place where people are willing to stop.
本项目位于江苏昆山花桥中央公园的一处湖边平台上，原址为一座老旧的遮阳亭。虽然地理位置优越，但因功能单一，长期被忽视。我们希望通过一次轻量、灵活的设计介入，让这个空间真正“活”起来，成为人们愿意停下来的地方。

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From "machines" to "moving" architecture

Early modernist architecture was often referred to as "living machines", emphasizing clear functionality and rational form.. In this project, we prefer the building to be "alive" - it can respond proactively based on time, weather, and usage needs. For this purpose, we have designed a retractable box building: during business hours, its walls can slide, flip, and rise, fully opening up the interior space and attracting people to approach and stay; And when closed or not in use, it can be folded into a quiet volume.

This kind of opening and closing change is not only for functional needs, but also a way of spatial expression: making the building more like a part of the urban rhythm, rather than a fixed and unchanging object. When people pass by it, they can see at a glance that it is an "open" moment, and the building seems to have the ability to perceive time.
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从“机器”到“会动”的建筑

早期的现代主义建筑常被称为“居住的机器”，强调功能明确、形式理性。而在这个项目中，我们更希望建筑是“活的” —— 它能根据时间、天气和使用需求，主动作出回应。为此，我们设计了一个可开合的盒子建筑：在营业时，它的墙面可以滑动、翻转、升起，将内部空间完全打开，吸引人们靠近、停留；而在闭店或非使用时，它又可以收拢为一个安静的体量。

这种开与合的变化，不只是出于功能上的需要，更是一种空间表达方式：让建筑变得更像是城市节奏的一部分，而不是一个固定不变的物体。人们经过它，就能一眼看出现在是“开放”的时刻，建筑仿佛有了时间的感知能力。

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Dialogue with the venue and create gray space images

We did not design this small house as a closed box, but as much as possible integrated with the venue, making it like an existence willing to "open itself".. By folding door panels, sliding facades, and translucent materials, we have created many gray spaces that blur the boundaries between indoor and outdoor spaces - they can both provide shade and shelter from rain, while allowing wind and light to pass through. The shading and seating system on the opposite side of the building also interacts with the building, forming an open and inclusive space together. The retractable design of the sunshade system enhances the flexibility of the space, providing a comfortable environment for different time periods and activities. This makes the originally closed volume open and interactive, and also enriches people's possibilities for use here: from waiting for coffee, sightseeing, to temporary markets and activity spaces, buildings are no longer just "objects", but "interfaces" for life to occur.
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与场地对话，创造灰空间图片

我们没有把这个小房子设计成一个封闭的盒子，而是尽可能与场地融合，让它像一个愿意“打开自己”的存在。通过折叠的门板、可滑动的立面和透光的材料，我们创造了许多模糊室内外界限的灰空间 —— 它们既能遮阳挡雨，又让风穿过、光透进来。建筑对面的遮阳和座椅系统也与建筑形成互动，共同围合成一个开放而包容的场所。遮阳系统的可开合设计增强了空间的灵活性，为不同时间段和活动提供舒适的环境。这让原本封闭的体量变得开放、互动，也丰富了人们在这里的使用可能性：从等咖啡、观景、到临时的集市和活动空间，建筑不再只是一个“物”，而是一个生活发生的“界面”。

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Lightweight construction and sustainable ideas picture

In order to minimize interference with the original platform, the project adopts a light steel structure system, covered with aluminum panels, and laid with bamboo and wood materials on the ground.. The main structure is an integral fixed structure that cannot be disassembled to ensure long-term stability and durability; At the same time, the adjustable interface system of the facade allows it to present diverse states in different operating scenarios, seasonal changes, and lighting conditions. This construction strategy of "stable skeleton+variable skin" not only extends the life cycle of buildings, but also endows them with the ability to continuously adapt and respond in urban environments. We hope it is not only a functional space, but also a spatial framework that can be continuously used and activated.
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轻巧的构造与可持续思路图片

为了尽量减少对原有平台的干扰，项目采用轻钢结构体系，外覆铝板，地面铺设竹木材料。主体结构为不可拆卸的整体固定式构造，以确保长期的稳定性与耐久性；与此同时，外立面可开合、可调整的界面系统使其能够在不同的运营场景、季节变化及光照条件下呈现多样化状态。这种“稳固的骨架 + 可变的表皮”的建构策略，不仅延长了建筑的生命周期，也赋予其在城市环境中持续适应与回应的能力。我们希望它不仅是一个功能空间，更是一种可以被持续使用、不断激活的空间框架。

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A place image that can be redefined

We call it "flower box coffee", but it is far more than just a coffee shop and flower shop.. It can be a hot drink you encounter on your journey, a break for taking your child to sit down and watch the water, the starting point of a weekend floral market, and a small gathering place for friends to chat. It has no clear functional boundaries, and it is precisely this ambiguity that allows users to freely define it. Here, fragrance, light and shadow, and water interweave into a soft corner of the city. We hope it is not a 'completed building', but a living container that can constantly change with people's use.
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一个可以被重新定义的地方图片

我们称它为“花盒咖啡”，但它远不止是一个咖啡店和花店。它可以是你旅途中偶遇的一杯热饮，是带孩子坐下看水的一段休憩，是周末花艺市集的起点，也是朋友聊天的小据点。它没有明确的功能边界，而正是这种模糊性，让使用者可以自由地定义它。在这里，香气、光影、水面交织成一个柔软的城市角落。我们希望它不是一个“完成的建筑”，而是一个能随着人们的使用而不断变化的生活容器。

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Small scale, light intervention, high-energy images

We hope to explore the possibility of small-scale intervention in cities through "flower box coffee" - embedding light and flexible strategies into daily life, starting from details, reactivating the site in use, and promoting real connections between people and nature, and between people.. We believe that the significance of architecture lies not only in its grand scale and spectacular form, but also in a small box that can be opened, breathed in, and participate in life, allowing it to continuously respond to the needs of the environment and users over time, and become a part of the city's public memory.
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小尺度，轻介入，大能量图片

我们希望通过“花盒咖啡”探索一种小尺度介入城市的可能性 —— 以轻盈、灵活的策略嵌入日常，从细节入手，让场地在使用中被重新激活，并促成人与自然、人与人之间的真实连接。我们相信，建筑的意义不仅存在于宏大体量与壮观形态之中，也可以体现在一个可开启、可呼吸、能够参与生活的小盒子里，让它在时间中持续回应环境与使用者的需求，并成为城市公共记忆的一部分。

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A small-scale spatial update image

"Flower Box Coffee" is embedded in the urban structure in a lightweight, flexible, and participatory way, responding to real urban daily life without increasing spatial burden.. It activates the potential of the site through variable skins and open interfaces, continuously weaving connections between people and space, people and nature, and people and people, leaving perceptible and memorable urban fragments in daily flow.
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一个小尺度的空间更新图片

“花盒咖啡”以轻量、灵活、可参与的方式嵌入城市结构，在不增加空间负担的前提下回应真实的城市日常。它通过可变的表皮与开放的界面激活场地潜能，持续编织人与空间、人与自然、人与人之间的联系，并在日常流动中留下可被感知与记忆的城市片段。