Architects:Absence from Island

Area:100m²

Year:2021

Photographs:@f.o.v_

Manufacturers:Cobelco

Lead Architects:Chi, Lok Yan, Tsin, Tung, Etain, Helen

Country:Hong Kong (SAR)

Text description provided by the architects. It is worth noting that the barista of the cafe is indeed the Champion of Hong Kong Cup Tasters Championship 2021 organized by Hong Kong Specialty Coffee Association. It was a competition similar to a wine-tasting competition that required intense sensitivity of smell, taste, and eyesight as well as a lot of experience to identify the ingredients of the coffee.

The client’s dedication to his own specialty somehow translated into the expectation of the craftsmanship of the construction. In order to prevent a blandness of the stainless steel used, stainless steel panels of various colors and finishes have been chosen to give subtle changes on the facade and as they extend into the interior. For the washed aggregate concrete, it was widely used in Whampoa when it was originally built in the 80s, a large well-known middle-class estate in Hong Kong where the boutique is located.