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Shanghai-based practice dongqi Design shapes cafes, exhibition corridors, and cultural spaces through precise mechanical joinery, exposed structural hardware, and layered material transparency. The portfolio serves as a strong reference when detailing custom structural assemblies, integrating light armatures into vertical supports, or calibrating optical depth across compact commercial interiors.

Interior of a modern cafe with stainless steel counters, hanging vertical wire curtains, and expansive street-facing windows by dongqi Design.

6_常州七咖啡

上海

An interior precedent for a modern urban cafe utilizing stainless steel fixtures and delicate suspended wire partitions to segment space while maintaining visual transparency.

What we like about this project
A dense curtain of hanging vertical wires pierces through the service counters, creating a semi-transparent room divider.

Materials

  • stainless-steel
  • glass
  • white-resin
  • wire-cables

Visual identifiers

  • stainless-steel-counters
  • hanging-wire-curtain
  • full-height-storefront-glazing
  • minimalist-cafe-interior

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • industrial-minimalist
  • sleek

Visual tags

  • commercial
  • retail
  • modern
  • transparent
  • metal-finishes
Geometry
Open-plan commercial interior featuring angular stainless steel counters and a suspended vertical wire screen that divides the spatial zones.
Facade system
Full-height structural glass storefront with slender metallic framing.
Structural guess
Steel column and glass storefront infill within an existing commercial building envelope.
Spatial scale
Single-story commercial retail scale, intimate yet open to the street.
Lighting
Bright daylight entering from large storefront windows combined with recessed ceiling downlights and under-counter illumination.
Atmosphere
Clean, bright, and polished with a metallic luster softened by natural daylight and street greenery.
Environmental context
Urban street level storefront with leafy trees and streetscape visible through full-height glazing.
Spatial experience
Glimpses through the dense vertical cable array filter views between the street window and the deep interior coffee bar.
Composition rhythm
Repeating vertical tension cables create a rhythmic optical screen across the foreground and midground.
Style reading
Contemporary industrial-minimalist interior
Program
Cafe and coffee bar interior
Perspective
Interior Spatial
Discipline
interior
Materials
stainless-steel, glass, white-resin, wire-cables
Visual identifiers
stainless-steel-counters, hanging-wire-curtain, full-height-storefront-glazing, minimalist-cafe-interior
Style tags
contemporary, industrial-minimalist, sleek
Visual tags
commercial, retail, modern, transparent, metal-finishes
Geometry
Open-plan commercial interior featuring angular stainless steel counters and a suspended vertical wire screen that divides the spatial zones.
Facade system
Full-height structural glass storefront with slender metallic framing.
Structural guess
Steel column and glass storefront infill within an existing commercial building envelope.
Spatial scale
Single-story commercial retail scale, intimate yet open to the street.
Lighting
Bright daylight entering from large storefront windows combined with recessed ceiling downlights and under-counter illumination.
Atmosphere
Clean, bright, and polished with a metallic luster softened by natural daylight and street greenery.
Environmental context
Urban street level storefront with leafy trees and streetscape visible through full-height glazing.
Spatial experience
Glimpses through the dense vertical cable array filter views between the street window and the deep interior coffee bar.
Composition rhythm
Repeating vertical tension cables create a rhythmic optical screen across the foreground and midground.
Style reading
Contemporary industrial-minimalist interior
Program
Cafe and coffee bar interior
Perspective
Interior Spatial
Discipline
interior

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Interior of a modern cafe with stainless steel counters, hanging vertical wire curtains, and expansive street-facing windows by dongqi Design.

6_常州七咖啡

上海

An interior precedent for a modern urban cafe utilizing stainless steel fixtures and delicate suspended wire partitions to segment space while maintaining visual transparency.

What we like about this project
A dense curtain of hanging vertical wires pierces through the service counters, creating a semi-transparent room divider.

Materials

  • stainless-steel
  • glass
  • white-resin
  • wire-cables

Visual identifiers

  • stainless-steel-counters
  • hanging-wire-curtain
  • full-height-storefront-glazing
  • minimalist-cafe-interior

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • industrial-minimalist
  • sleek

Visual tags

  • commercial
  • retail
  • modern
  • transparent
  • metal-finishes
Geometry
Open-plan commercial interior featuring angular stainless steel counters and a suspended vertical wire screen that divides the spatial zones.
Facade system
Full-height structural glass storefront with slender metallic framing.
Structural guess
Steel column and glass storefront infill within an existing commercial building envelope.
Spatial scale
Single-story commercial retail scale, intimate yet open to the street.
Lighting
Bright daylight entering from large storefront windows combined with recessed ceiling downlights and under-counter illumination.
Atmosphere
Clean, bright, and polished with a metallic luster softened by natural daylight and street greenery.
Environmental context
Urban street level storefront with leafy trees and streetscape visible through full-height glazing.
Spatial experience
Glimpses through the dense vertical cable array filter views between the street window and the deep interior coffee bar.
Composition rhythm
Repeating vertical tension cables create a rhythmic optical screen across the foreground and midground.
Style reading
Contemporary industrial-minimalist interior
Program
Cafe and coffee bar interior
Perspective
Interior Spatial
Discipline
interior
Materials
stainless-steel, glass, white-resin, wire-cables
Visual identifiers
stainless-steel-counters, hanging-wire-curtain, full-height-storefront-glazing, minimalist-cafe-interior
Style tags
contemporary, industrial-minimalist, sleek
Visual tags
commercial, retail, modern, transparent, metal-finishes
Geometry
Open-plan commercial interior featuring angular stainless steel counters and a suspended vertical wire screen that divides the spatial zones.
Facade system
Full-height structural glass storefront with slender metallic framing.
Structural guess
Steel column and glass storefront infill within an existing commercial building envelope.
Spatial scale
Single-story commercial retail scale, intimate yet open to the street.
Lighting
Bright daylight entering from large storefront windows combined with recessed ceiling downlights and under-counter illumination.
Atmosphere
Clean, bright, and polished with a metallic luster softened by natural daylight and street greenery.
Environmental context
Urban street level storefront with leafy trees and streetscape visible through full-height glazing.
Spatial experience
Glimpses through the dense vertical cable array filter views between the street window and the deep interior coffee bar.
Composition rhythm
Repeating vertical tension cables create a rhythmic optical screen across the foreground and midground.
Style reading
Contemporary industrial-minimalist interior
Program
Cafe and coffee bar interior
Perspective
Interior Spatial
Discipline
interior

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