Artwork nouveau particulars and a Milanese-style parquet flooring mix with conventional Asian motifs on the Season patisserie in Taipei, designed by native apply Ecru Studio.
The bakery, run by chef Season Hung, is positioned on the bottom flooring of a utilitarian Nineteen Seventies condominium constructing within the Da’an district of the Taiwanese capital.
Ecru Studio founders Jin Chen and Randy Tu drew inspiration from the neighbourhood’s cosmopolitan context when developing with a design that blends European influences and a “distinctly native Taiwanese spirit”.
“Finally, the house is a convergence of East and West, outdated and new, advised by way of material, gentle and layered storytelling,” Chen defined.
The Season’s inside format includes 4 distinct but linked zones: a pastry showcase, a retail space for gifting confectionery, a salon-style lounge and a nine-seat island bar the place plated desserts are served.
Primarily based on Hung’s selection of blue as the first color for Season’s model identification, the designers specified completely different shades of blue to create a chilled ambiance within the pastry and retail zones.
The salon and eating rooms function a deeper color palette of pink velvet, golden yellow and ochre hues that assist to create a extra intimate and relaxed really feel.
“By combining dusty rose, heat ivory, moss inexperienced and muted gold with the richer, moodier salon hues, we created a layered visible expertise that unfolds steadily – like a reminiscence or a quiet efficiency,” mentioned Tu.
“The colors invite friends to decelerate, linger and absolutely immerse themselves within the house.”
The salon and bar areas have been knowledgeable by the moody interiors of 18th-century Parisian salons and have references to artwork deco, artwork nouveau and rococo types.
An ornamental parquet flooring was impressed by a Milanese design from the Forties, whereas materials decisions, together with lime wash and lacquered surfaces, add textural depth and reflections.
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“Each materials was chosen not just for its aesthetic resonance, but in addition for a way it could age, work together with gentle and assist the gradual, sensory rhythm we envisioned for the house,” mentioned Chen.
European references are complemented by refined native motifs, as seen in a hand-painted mural and twin Pierre Chareau-style armchairs upholstered in classic material.
“We labored with native artist Genggeng to create a hand-painted mural impressed by an historical Shang Dynasty motif, and included patterned textiles that includes symbolic Asian iconography – mystical indicators and totems distinctive to regional visible traditions,” Chen mentioned.
“We additionally referenced vintage trim catalogues, classic dessert packaging and outdated textile retailers to develop the fabric and color language.”
Fastidiously chosen classic items that contribute to the sense of layered curation embrace Italian Sixties lamps and shell-shaped artwork deco sconces within the pastry space, in addition to the Nineteenth-century Paul Hankar chandelier within the reward zone.
The studio designed a number of bespoke items for the undertaking, together with hexagonal tables topped with pink marble and a multi-sided couch upholstered with Pierre Frey material.
The salon space and dessert house function custom-made seating upholstered with a few of Ecru Studio’s personal material designs.
“For Season, we approached the design as a form of sensory theatre: a spot not simply to eat, however to really feel,” the duo mentioned.
Ecru Studio was established in 2018 and focuses on creating initiatives with a particular ornamental model that mixes a recent outlook with references to the previous.
Different Taipei interiors which have just lately been featured on Dezeen embrace a cavernous meditation house and Keiji Ashizawa-designed fine-dining restaurant Logy.
The images is by Dean Hearne.
