Soda Architects completed the interior design of Cupone, a coffee shop located at the headquarters of BMW China, within the lobby of Gateway Plaza, a commercial development near Beijing’s embassy district.
CupOne Café
Soda Architects translated the concept of “mountains and rivers” at the BMW headquarters in Beijing, creating a fluid and sinuous café with golden vertical elements.
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- 19 December 2016
- Beijing
The CupOne Café extends from an angle of the building’s lobby towards an outdoor terrace, with an indoor area connecting both sections. The interior design project was inspired by the theme “mountains and rivers”, translated into standalone custom-made pieces that shape the space in different areas.
‘Mountains’ deliver a cozy feeling of privacy to the open lobby, while ‘rivers’ are conceived as sinuous curves that cross the space. Such a visual creates a sense of continuity between the open area of the lobby and the outdoor terrace. The result is an installation of nearly 300 vertical ‘leaves’ with a champagne plated exterior that provides reflection, and that rise up to 2.4 meters.
CupOne Café, Beijing, China
Program: café
Architects: Soda Architects
Team: Jiang Yuan, Song Chen, Chen Fei
Contractor: SOK Consulting Service Limited
Completion: 2016