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当我被要求在班德拉郊区的一个安静而富饶但又卑微的传统村庄设计一家咖啡馆时，我的第一反应是确保这个设计能反映和回应现有周边分局的词汇，并使用与其历史邻居相同的语言。

The first response when i was approached to design a cafe in a quiet and rich but humble heritage village in the suburbs of bandra, was to make sure that the design reflects and responds to the vocabulary of the existing surrounding precinct and speaks the same language as its historic neighbours.

把调色板限制在混凝土和木头上，是这个话语的一个重要部分；几个世纪前的材料和混凝土虽然不那么现代，但对于今天的材料来说，却有着某种神秘的魅力。我对这两种材料的质量非常着迷，以一种优雅的方式老化，而且随着它们的老化，它们慢慢地开始谈论这个地方的故事。

Restricting the palette to concrete and wood, was an important part of this discourse; wood; a centuries old material and concrete not so modern, but a material for today, had a certain enigmatic charm about them, i am vividly fascinated by the quality of both these materials to age in such an elegant fashion and as they slowly start to speak of the stories of the place as it ages along with them too.

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有了这个想法，设计过程就演变成容纳厨房、面包房和座位。

With this thought the design process evolved accommodating a kitchen, a bakery and seating.

我希望每一个元素都有它自己的重要位置，同时仍然适合更大的设计背景，入口拱门被打开到街道上，外面有一个玻璃立面和双百叶窗。简单的木制百叶窗双门与斜面玻璃板标志着入口处。当你进入，你会遇到地板，这是一个美丽的苔藓绿色的混凝土阴影，旁边的面包店柜台由浇铸的天然彩色混凝土制成。没有几堵墙是被凿成的，留下的，是为了给这个空间一个看似风化的容貌，仿佛这座古色古香的咖啡馆总是属于邻里的，因此来到这里的人们不会因为它的存在而感到不知所措。简单但定制的木制桌子、玻璃钢和旧椅子，以及上世纪70年代柚木基座上的复古塑料开关，悄悄地增加了完成装饰的努力，就好像它一直存在于那里一样。该设计还包括一个小型和舒适的阁楼建造在旧柚木回收用于现场表演或私人聊天远离喧嚣在咖啡馆下面。

I wanted each element to have its own important place while still fitting in the larger design context, the entrance arches were opened up onto the street, with a glass facade and double louvered shutters on the outside. Simple wooden shuttered double doors with bevelled glass panes mark the entrance. As you enter; you encounter the flooring which is a beautiful moss green shade of concrete, flanked by the bakery counter made of poured natural coloured concrete in casts. Few of the walls were chiselled and left as is to give the space a seemingly weathered look, as if this quaint cafe always belonged to the neighbourhood and thus people coming here would not feel overwhelmed with its presence. Simple but customised wooden tables, vitrines and old chairs and retro 1970s plastic switches on teak wood bases quietly add to the this endeavour of completing the decor as if it always existed there. The design also includes a small and cozy mezzanine constructed in old reclaimed teak wood for live performances or maybe for a private chat aloof from the hustle bustle in the cafe below.

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该空间的照明是设想使用简单的白炽灯泡与定制的再生木支架上的调光器。这是挂在吊顶上的钩子网格上，电线似乎随意地挂在上面。这些钩子吹嘘自己的能力，也由艺术家全年安装，从而保持空间尽可能的动态。

The lighting in the space is envisaged using simple incandescent bulbs with customised reclaimed wood holders on dimmers. This are hung from a grid of hooks on the ceiling with the the wires seemingly haphazardly hanging off them. These hooks boast of the ability also take up installations by artists throughout the year thus keeping the space as dynamic as possible.

咖啡厅的菜单占据了柜台的背面，黑板上写着粉笔，咖啡厅里的图形都是手工画出来的，照原样留下。我们期望它们被擦去、重绘、刮擦和报废，就像空间的主要标志是手绘的一样，这样就不会让它们显得珍贵，而是更加体贴和个人化。

The menu for the cafe engulfs the back of the counter written with chalk on the blackboard painted wall, the graphics in the cafe are all hand drawn, left as is. We expect them to be wiped, redrawn, scratched and scrapped, even so just as the main signage for the space is hand painted, so as not make them look precious , but more thoughtful and personal.

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Architects Studio Eight Twentythree

Location Bandra West, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Category Interiors Architecture

Architects in Charge Samir Raut, Amit Mayekar

Project Year 2013