Cs Somme Café
We designed an ethereal café drifting on a small green in a big city. Wrapped in mesh, the café shimmers like a mirage: an oasis floating in the middle of the urban landscape.
The interlocking of the arched steel frame supporting the mesh and the grid-like steel frame supporting the inner rectangular boxes ensures sufficient earthquake resistance in spite of the thin members. In this sense it can be called a modern version of a flying buttress with interlocking outer and inner frames. The mesh wrapping also saves energy by cutting the sun’s rays.
Inside, savoir-faire floats in a white cube, including a counter polished by plastering and translucent light fixtures made of telescopic fabric.
