Bangkok-based architecture practice Unknown Surface Studio has designed a dining cafe that blooms in an industrial landscape of Bangkok, Thailand. 

Named Curvy Dining, the 250-square-metre cafe is located in Soi Srinakarin-Rom Klao 19, Bangkok. The project is a delicate white dining café that is emerging within an industrial landscape. 

With this contribution, a large, boundary-free space is transformed into a standalone dining café that is carefully planned to promote a smooth interaction between architecture and the natural world. 

The café creates a welcoming atmosphere that blurs the boundaries between the constructed form and the surrounding environment by striking a balance between enclosure and openness.

Taking cues from the flowers that grow organically there, the project transforms organic patterns into space arrangements, embodying the idea of blooming, according to Unknown Surface Studio. 

By beginning with a single point, growing outward, and developing into a structured yet flowing architectural shape, the design distills the essence of a flower's radial symmetry into a geometric language. By refining natural curves, this abstraction technique creates a rhythmic play of radial patterns and sunburst lines that slightly imitate moving petals.

The outside boundary uses a squared framework to provide contrast and give the otherwise open landscape a feeling of definition. 

Nonetheless, the circulation of the café is designed using a subtractive method; portions are hollowed away to define movement, resulting in a gradual revelation as patrons travel around the outside spaces. 

These walkways wind through green areas, creating an auto-landscape impression where natural light and architecture blend together harmoniously.

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Project facts

Project name: Curvy Dining
Completion year: 2025
Scale: 250m2
Project location: Krungthep Kreetha, Bangkok, Thailand
Architecture firm: Unknown Surface Studio
Lead architects: Cievanard Nattabowonphal, Piyanat Songkhorh, Nonglak Boonsaeng

All images © Rungkit Charoenwat.

All drawings © Unknown Surface Studio.

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