Project
Retail
Cultural
Restaurants and Bar
Cafe and Bakery
Other
Status: built, 2025
Area: 100 sqm
Client: Meao
Location: Shenyang
Photography: Topia Vision
The founder collected pieces from around the world, and together we integrated them into the space, allowing each visitor to experience her sensitivity to everyday aesthetics through use.
Located on the second floor of a low-density commercial block, the space faces lush greenery. We followed the original structure and opened up the windows to let sunlight and foliage fill the interior with natural tones.
Every detail is considered with care. From furniture and tableware to curtains and ornaments, each element responds to the gentle rhythms of daily life. We hope visitors are quietly moved by these subtle touches. Natural wood is widely used in furniture and fixtures. Each plank was carefully selected to preserve its original grain. The walls, finished in soft textures and paired with fabric drapes, add a calm and gentle atmosphere. Handmade products are shaped by time. We hope people can feel this quiet sense of quality—something that speaks without words.
Status: built, 2022
Area: sqm
Client: FATFACE
Location: ShenYang
Photography: Topia Vision
Shenyang is a city of beer culture. From the atmosphere of its streets and alleys to the character of its people, the role of beer culture within the urban and cultural fabric is thought-provoking. What role should coffee culture play in conversing with it? How to approach beer culture, and how to approach coffee culture? This pop-up store explores the existence and relationship between the two, using installation methods and direct signifiers to express the cultural clash.
Considering the cost control and spatial tension required for a short-term pop-up, we chose modular beer crates as the building blocks for all furniture. Through the unique structure of the beer crates and their combination with custom panels, we realized various possibilities including the bar counter, seating, merchandise display, and MEP integration.
We used a long bar counter composed of 300 crates to define the activities within the space, creating the most direct spatial interactive experience. The transparency of the glass countertop reveals the complete volumetric logic of the crate elements. The design subverts traditional layout logic by swapping the positions of the barista and the guests. It appears to eliminate face-to-face communication space between guests, but actually directs the view outward to the window. All seats face the window view, reinforcing the spatial orientation and highlighting the inherent qualities of the gallery space.
The final spatial presentation is inclusive and precise, allowing people to explore an open proposition within a relaxed atmosphere.
Status: built, 2025
Area: 102 sqm
Client: DRIPMORE
Location: Shenyang
Photography: Topia Vision
We explored the essence of “pausing” and reorganized the philosophy of the pavilion through a contemporary lens, translating it into a space resilient to time, emotion, and shifting light.
Viewing and being viewed define the project’s core logic, creating layered visuals in a compact space. By refining the pavilion’s viewing principles, we let the interior and exterior interact—so the bar, roasting area, and service zone frame one another, turning everyday operations into part of the scenery.
Status: built, 2025
Area: 472 sqm
Client: Zeeco
Location: Shenyang
Photography: Topia Vision
The original space featured a double-height volume with a generous scale. We introduced a partial mezzanine while keeping the ground-floor retail area fully open. The recessed second floor creates a sense of vertical continuity and preserves maximum visual openness.
Bread is more than a product—it should feel present and visible in the space. From the entrance, one can see the full process of display and preparation, as well as the upstairs seating, lighting, and activity. The result is an open and transparent theatre. The street-facing façade is composed in two parts: a solid stone wall that anchors the entrance, and a fully openable folding door system that connects the interior with an outdoor café area.
The exterior features a beige brick with a subtly uneven texture, paired with warm wood tones and soft lighting to create a gentle, restrained visual language—echoing the brand's philosophy of rustic refinement.
We aimed for maximum openness on the ground floor. When the folding glass doors are open, the aroma of bread, the light from the street, and people enjoying coffee flow seamlessly together. The space is designed to grow organically with atmosphere, rather than be defined strictly by function.
The central bread counter on the ground floor remains fully open to the double height, surrounded by a mix of public and semi-private seating. Circulation flows naturally between the retail and dining areas, creating a dynamic interplay of seeing and being seen.
We designed the second floor as a space for lingering. In contrast to the fluidity of the ground level, this area invites a slower pace. Seating is loosely arranged among bookshelves, ceramics, trolleys, and greenery, elements that create a relaxed atmosphere suited for reading, small gatherings, dates, or informal meetings. The space is framed by elements like solid wood, clay jars, flour sacks, and shelves, creating a sense of simplicity and ease. These scenes are neither purely functional nor decorative. They feel like everyday fragments evoked by the scent of bread. This reflects our approach: not to fill the space, but to leave room for imagination and daily life.
ZEECO is a node—an ongoing experiment in the everyday culture of bread. We hope it becomes more than a bakery, growing into part of the neighborhood's rhythm—a place to stumble upon, to linger in, to open up. Like fermentation, it's a slow unfolding of flavor.
Status: built, 2025
Area: 78 sqm
Client: Ununplan
Location: Wuxi
Photography: Topia Vision
Departure exists in the fleeting moment between preparation and journey, a point charged with emotion and uncertainty. We translated this unfinished temporality into a visual language of "being packed." Every element in the space—counters, tables, chairs, displays, even lighting—is tightly bound with orange rope, like luggage waiting to be loaded and whisked away.
We avoided traditional renovation. The space is kept clean and white, open and unadorned. Everything is built from modular wooden components, dismountable structures, and furniture wrapped in a sense of "being packed", together creating a light, temporary, and flexible atmosphere.
All furnitures are made from raw wood boards of varying sizes, echoing a natural, rugged texture that hints at the idea of "the distant." Refined details—metal edges and custom rope grooves—bring precision to the roughness. These seemingly simple elements are grounded in deep consideration of proportion, rhythm, and structure. It may look like a spontaneous adventure, but every part holds up to close scrutiny.
UNUNPLAN's branding color is orange. Rather than using it broadly, we introduce it subtly, in the corners of furniture, rope knots, and structural joints. These touches echo the orange toned wood throughout the space, maintaining a sense of restraint while quietly suggesting readiness and momentum.
UNUNPLAN isn't a space built for efficiency or precision. It feels more like a pause mid-journey—unfinished, temporary, yet grounded in real life. We hope everyone who steps in can begin their own undefined path from here.
Status: built, 2022
Area: sqm
Client: FATFACE
Location: Shenyang
Photography: Topia Vision
The project is situated on a leafy side street. The original structure was a 50-square-meter single-story extension at the corner of two old residential buildings. We aimed to express the spirit of positive rebellion in both architecture and interior, packing rich content into a compact footprint. We preserved portions of the original exterior walls and constructed a new volume from within as the spatial carrier of the shop. Visually, the architecture appears as a force in the midst of growth—frozen at the very instant it presses against the surrounding walls—engaging in a dialogue of harmonious tension with its context.
The rebellion of the interior manifests in its variability and flexibility—using simplicity to confront complexity. In the spatial layout, we followed principles of flexibility, disassemblability, and transformability to endow the space with multiple functions, creating a strong centripetal focus while maintaining a sense of openness. Most importantly, the space is designed to foster human connection and conversation.
In pursuit of the ultimate expression, decoration is stripped to the bare minimum—only off-white walls remain—allowing the compositional relationships within the space to be fully revealed. This minimalist backdrop accentuates the angled windows, drawing visual focus outward to the contrast between the old buildings, the sky, and the interior, while light and shadow articulate the beauty of materials and details.
When the furniture is clustered into a single island counter, the 6-meter-long, 1.5-meter-wide surface commands absolute visual presence, offering guests a dramatic, interactive spatial experience. This configuration can host training sessions, small coffee tastings, and the clean walls also allow the space to function as a gallery for rotating mini-exhibitions. When the furniture is dispersed, the layout accommodates more customers while offering greater privacy than the first arrangement. In either state, a generously proportioned fixed bar counter is retained for baristas to work and engage with guests, making the space a warm, welcoming place for exchange.
More important than facing environmental challenges may be facing the challenge of oneself. We hope this space allows people to forget the space itself and notice the essential message within—conveying uncompromising persistence, a positively "rebellious" attitude, and the exploration of reasonably overturning conventions, all within a boundary-free setting.
Status: built, 2023
Area: 97 sqm
Client: LLD
Location: An Shan
Photography: Topia Vision
Anshan, traditionally known for its steel production, is covered by an air of heavy industry. The design shows certain characteristics of the area with a light gray tone. The space pays respect to a certain classicism with steel and concrete, elevating tasty delicacies to the height of art, a metropolitan for tastebuds. Every bite of sweetness blossoms in elegance.
We kept the wall and shed frame from the mall. In addition, we set in an installation of a giant 'round theater'.
The stone floor rising and intertwining at different heights constructs the installation and tabletops. The traditional order and modern installation combined bestow the store a sense of stage, elegance and artistry. At the same time, the store stands out in the surrounding commercial design of the mall, presenting as a surprise, heightening the quality of the space in stark contrast.
The 'audience', customers, would sit around the theater, facing towards the center. A showcase of the delicious desserts will be at the heart of the circle, becoming a ceremonious center for attention and sight. The design allows people to pause or flow through it, creating opportunities to interact and an experience for emersion.
Status: built, 2023
Area: 130 sqm
Client: +R Bakery
Location: ShenYang
Photography: Topia Vision
The site is created by merging two adjacent shops. We have implemented a unified treatment of the façade and established stepped seating blocks at the entrance. These blocks provide seamless connectivity between the indoor and outdoor spaces, breaking down the boundaries between them. This enhances the spatial extension characteristics and fosters a highly flexible interactive environment.
In order to convey a sense of relaxation within the space, we aim for an unrestricted environment where every guest can choose their own way of being in the space. Instead of a conventional layout with tables and chairs, we have transformed the entire operational area into an open outdoor plaza concept. At the center of this plaza, we have introduced a "furniture container" where individuals can obtain the required tables and chairs. They are free to choose their furniture and seating, thereby embodying the overall shop's sense of freedom.
We have chosen approachable materials to construct this bakery space, including stone, metal, embossed steel panels, white checkered tiles, and more. We have directly applied signage and typography to certain surfaces, straightforwardly conveying the functionality and content of the space to people. We aim to create a sense of "everyday ambiance" by combining materials and their applications to provide a novel yet familiar atmosphere.
+R serves as a vehicle for relaxation, allowing people to freely interact within it. Ultimately, our goal is to create a space that is approachable to people, a store that is connected to the community.
Status: built, 2025
Area: 92 sqm
Client: Niceness Cafe
Location: Shenyang
Photography: Topia Vision
Inspired by the image of a coffee whirlpool, the entire space unfolds in a circular motion from the center outward. The bar, seating areas, floor patterns, and wall installations are all defined by sweeping curves. Like a drop of milk falling into dark coffee, the spatial elements gently ripple outward, diffusing softly from the core. The color palette echoes the gradients of coffee—from pale cream and oat to warm caramel and deep brown. Soft, pleated fabrics and layered wood finishes evoke subtle sensory associations.
Rather than adding decoration, we used minimal interventions to shape the spatial rhythm. Paved patterns on the floor define circulation and function, reinforcing the whirlpool concept. Low-profile seating ensures open sightlines, making watching part of the experience.
Status: built, 2024
Area: 550 sqm
Client: LLD Factory Store
Location: Anshan
Photography: Topia Vision
The design removed all non-load-bearing walls, using sliding glass doors and windows to create an open and unified façade. This transparency between the interior and exterior enhances the sense of relaxation within the space, while also allowing the mountain view to be integrated into the interior.
Upon entering the space, guests are greeted by an 8-meter-long bar that connects the production area and faces the retail area. The production zone is organized and efficient, while the retail area exudes a relaxed atmosphere. The floor plan uses broad strokes to divide the space into two distinct sections: production and retail.
We want the space to convey a sense of relaxation and honesty, extending visual transparency into the interior. The cake decoration room and parts of the factory kitchen are visible to guests, allowing them to observe the production process. This openness reflects the brand's confidence in its products and its commitment to sincerity.
Understanding that the store intends to operate long-term, we incorporated a variety of movable furniture into the design of the retail area. We aimed to create a space that serves as a versatile platform, adaptable to future changes in business needs.
The design of the space employs objective materials and colors to shape the environment. We retained the original concrete texture and incorporated natural wood and metal finishes, while adding greenery to enhance the space's character and warmth. The materials used are flexible and inclusive, allowing the space to evolve and showcase endless possibilities in the future.