café minami

The project café minami is amid a rumpled motorbike shop and a computer repair shop. The location suggests a disarranged feel of the old days. A contrasting location with what we have in mind for this particular project. Thankfully, we manage to turn this contrast into a characteristic combining a unique business model and their distinctive artistic style.

Café minami creates a welcoming space akin to those shops back in Taiwan’s agrarian society days, connecting the community with hospitality. There’s plenty of traditional street foods on the menu besides modern-day drinks. The curious coalescence invites imagination. The imagination of the space, characteristics of culture, and the materials reminding people of the good old days. Deliberately designing an indoor food kiosk makes perfect sense.