When everyone is focusing on issues surrounding social housing, have you ever thought about whether we are fulfilling our responsibility to make full use of every bit of land?
If there is a vacant lot or an abandoned house next to your house, over time most people may take it privately, or use it for other purposes without anyones permission, or even take it away. for profit-making purposes. But at The Reformatory Caffeine Laboratory, a small coffee shop near Central Station in Sydney, Australia, the owner has a different way of thinking. The area originally used as a private driveway is about 3.5 meters wide and 15 meters long. Because He is a comic book lover. When he bought a house, he was also thinking about how to let everyone share his interest. So this driveway cafe commissioned by Louise Nettleton Architects was born.
At the beginning, it was a problem even for workers to put in the iron frame.
The mainly black frame structure reminds every customer and owner that the background of the cafe’s predecessor is an out-and-out driveway!
The L-shaped bar counter is made of a three-layer glued surface composed of recycled materials, and the sides are painted with matte black iron paint.
In order to create the feeling of a cave, only black is used in the main area, while the floor is lined with specially polished tiles. Behind it is the classic comic setting in the owners mind, designed by a Melbourne-based illustrator. Designed by Heesco, the casting inspiration comes from the famous comic book Sin City, as well as the series of illustrations of Batmans The Dark Knight Returns. The consensus reached by both parties is to express the short-term dissociation and dramatic impact of this city. Perhaps for them , some details in the comics are like closing the frosted glass window frames of the driveway cafe, which definitely reflects the truth that there are always some things that are difficult to understand in the process of life!
