Blufish Cafe Yingke / SODA Architects

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interior projection. Image © Xiyu Chen

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  • Video Artist: Yazhou
  • Client: Blufish
  • Lead Designer: Yuan Jiang, Chen Song
  • Design Team: Jiayin Tang, Fei Chen, Panpan Liu, Zhiwen Qiang, Shan Wang, Zhiyuan Hao, Yuehua Wang, Mingchunjian Shi, Xinru Chen
  • City: Chaoyang
  • Country: China
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Blufish Cafe Yingke / SODA Architects - Table, Chair, Facade
outside. Image © Xiyu Chen

Text description provided by the architects. Located in the Sanlitun area, the Blufish Yingke is a coffee shop in the daytime and a bar in the evening. SODA Architects combines physical spatial morphologies with virtual dynamic images, allowing the atmosphere of the space to be changed over time.

Blufish Cafe Yingke / SODA Architects - Lighting, Chair
interior. Image © Xiyu Chen

During the daytime, the pure and elegant white setting provides a quiet place for the busy people to take a rest here. As the night falls, the swaying corals and the swimming fish become the protagonists.

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The dynamic waves solidify into a static GRG surface. This surface, from the ceiling to the wall, all in one piece, wrapping the entire space. We invited a professional sculpture production team to complete the GRG surface in order to achieve the perfect final effect.

Blufish Cafe Yingke / SODA Architects - Table
seating. Image © Xiyu Chen

The image of coral and fish is attached to the surface of the white GRG by projection, as if the sea waves are moving freely.

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GIF. Image © Xiyu Chen
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projection. Image © Xiyu Chen

When the dynamic image is projected onto the concave and convex surface, its visual effect reproduces the optical distortion caused by the refraction, which makes the underwater scenery vivid.

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projection. Image © Xiyu Chen

As the day and night come and go, this 30 square meter space switches itself between cafe and bar. The pure white background and the amazing images endue the space emotions, that makes the space changeable and fascinating.

Blufish Cafe Yingke / SODA Architects - Bedroom
interior white. Image © Xiyu Chen

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Address:No. 2 Gongti North Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China

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Cite: "Blufish Cafe Yingke / SODA Architects" 18 May 2019. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/911627/blufish-cafe-yingke-soda-architects-soda-architects> ISSN 0719-8884

interior projection. Image © Xiyu Chen

布鱼咖啡盈科店 / SODA建筑事务所

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