Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe

Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi
Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi

HANNAM BERG ROOFTOP CAFE

Yolllley Studio

ARCHITECTS
Yolllley Studio

PHOTOGRAPHS
Yong Joon Choi

AREA
95 m²

YEAR
2021

LOCATION
Yongsan-gu, South Korea

CATEGORY
Coffee Shop

Text description provided by architect.

Discovered as a place that keeps the emotions of Korean housing style in the alley to express modern commercial culture, this is a site where the position of residents and that of those staying for a while are different, and it is too tight for cars and people to pass by.

Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi
Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi

We wanted to suggest a space where people could look at the sky quietly in such an alley.

We decided to design a space where people could enjoy “colorless contemplation” at this site which touches the sky first.

Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi
Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi

After a few seconds of silence experienced by the reflected sunlight at the moment going up the third floor, a space in the shape of a “glass cube” is located imposingly.

Ceiling, seats, and bar counter connected inside and outside create the space which makes people concentrate on contemplation, by simplifying vertical and horizontal lines maximally.

Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi


Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi
Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi
Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi
Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi
Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi
Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi
Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi
Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi
Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi


Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi
Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi
Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi
Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
© Yong Joon Choi


Hannam Berg Rooftop Cafe
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