THE RUNNING BEAN CAFE Preserving legacy value
To add the contemporary to a building that has conservation value right in the heart of Hanoi is the equation that we need to solve this time for The Running Bean - while we head North . Current condition overview - This is an ancient house located right at the center of Hanoi , after several forms of business passed through it - naturally this place no longer conserved the original design . The building is quite narrow in width a lack of natural light and an almost corrupt original structure . However , the old inherent with a few Gothic lines and the ideal height is the spotlight of the remained .
There are many ways to preserve a legacy value but the Red5 team chose to freeze it . Why do we call it FROZEN ? Imagine the symbol of the iceberg , spreading cold air , freezing corners , and spaces inside the ancient house . We used the method of integrating square cubes , slanted arrays , or diagonal cuts combined with glass materials , glass bricks with a blue light tone to create a sense of movement and spread of the freezing .
The facade of the building was stripped of the old mortar layer to reveal the old bricks wall . The Gothic pattern is wrapped in stainless steel to make it more contemporary . Instead of directly entering the building from the main gate , we pushed it back a little deeper , the entrance gate is now made of a glass wall - paneled by 2 different types of transparent and translucent glass to create the image of the transparent block of ice with cuts inside . Leading the way in , there is a glass-brick floor that reveals the raw cement floor laying beneath .
At the heart of the ground floor is the open coffee counter , which was made of transparent glass bricks and stainless steel . Above the counter , there is a diagonal rectangular block made of blue glass and stainless steel to strongly resonate with the freezing movement . We removed the finishing mortar layer on both of the sidewalls as well and put an extra layer of beveled glass to match the slanted counter ceiling . Because of the disadvantage of the width , we wanted to increase the original height of the building , which we did by placing an additional layer of mirrors to make
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