Sustainable Community: A Coffee House

The new project sounds interesting.
It has been my dream since young to design my own coffee house.
So I take this project as a trial.
As the site given has a good view direct to the sea, it gives me a sense of relax and freedom.
This is how my design concept comes.
My design appears like a seagull.
Seagull is a social bird and it likes to move in groups.
It often appears near the beach to hunt for food.
The way the seagull spread its wings wide symbolises the welcoming sense to the visitors.
It looks like flying freely towards the sea and gives people the feeling of unstrained, free and relax to interact with each other.
As the coffee house is used for community purpose, this idea matches with the theme.
Due to some influences of korean drama, I like coffee houses with high glass doors.
It gives a good view from inside and outside, providing natural lighting at the same time.
Behind the coffee house, I design a recreation park for the community.
And there is a amphitheater stage in the park for event purposes.
The recreation park is planted with lots of vegetation as to build up a green environment.
I hope those facilities could bring the community closer to each other and also to the nature.

[Together, we change the world for better tomorrow]

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