METAL HANDS COFFEE RENOVATION·HANGZHOU

This project is located in Dajing Alley, Hangzhou City, which connects the densely crowded Zhongshan Middle Road and Hefang Street. This alley has been located in the bustling core area since it was called Wushanfang back in the Southern Song Dynasty. The store is the pilot Metal Hands coffee shop runs in Hangzhou City. How to integrate this domestic specialty coffee brand from northern China into this historical City in south? It was the core challenge for the design team and the client either. Considering the preservation and integration with the historical communities. We decided to abandon the sense of modern and industry, restore the elegant and leisurely life scene of the Song Dynasty. To design a wabi-sabi boutique coffee shop in this modern and bustling commercial spot. We believe that the store should completely integrate the characteristics of the local specialty . Our concepts is to emphasizing the humanistic and historical atmosphere through the vision and it’s atmosphere.