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row of circular red panels lines the facade of café on-site by aptdotapt in china
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designboom | architecture & design magazine
dual facades shield café on-site by aptdotapt in chinaLocated in a small town in Zhejiang, China, Café On-Site (开场 Kai-Chang) by aptdotapt is conceived as a gathering point for the neighborhood.
With minimal effort, the café expands into public green space, shifting from enclosed room to outdoor social field.
The English name On-Site reinforces this emphasis on presence and locality, grounding the café in its immediate social and urban context.
The concept of spatial energy is further translated into a series of mechanical elements embedded throughout the café.
the architects assemble five hollow semi-cylindrical volumes to form a semi-enclosed frontagethe interior plan introduces subtle rotations across major zones