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Nota 建筑设计工作室

Based in Shanghai, Nota 建筑设计工作室 builds expressive studio, cafe, and pavilion environments defined by vibrant chromatic contrasts, soft textile dividers, and delicate micro-architectures inserted into indoor and rooftop landscapes. This portfolio serves as a strong reference when detailing illuminated stepped rooflines, integrating floating timber domes above courtyard greenery, or designing gabled glasshouse kiosks for commercial gathering spaces.

Exterior rendering of a series of gabled industrial volumes with varying timber and metal cladding set amidst rural meadow grass.

3.-Spitfire咖啡烘焙工坊(在建中)

上海

A rural commercial precedent featuring a cluster of gabled pavilions with distinct cladding finishes, integrated into an open meadow landscape.

What we like about this project
An external steel access stair painted bright green attached to the secondary metal-clad volume.

Materials

  • timber
  • corrugated-metal
  • glass
  • gravel

Visual identifiers

  • gabled-volumes
  • pitched-roof
  • contrasting-cladding
  • meadow-setting

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • vernacular
  • rural

Visual tags

  • rural
  • pavilion
  • gable
  • landscape-integration
  • industrial-vernacular
Geometry
Linear arrangement of connected pitched-roof gabled volumes stepping along the topography.
Facade system
Vertical timber boards and corrugated metal panels over framed wall construction.
Structural guess
Light steel or timber frame construction supporting pitched gable roofs.
Spatial scale
Human-scale single-story industrial pavilions set in a vast natural landscape.
Lighting
Bright, soft daylight casting gentle shadows across the meadow and building facades.
Atmosphere
Serene and open, blending rustic landscape elements with clean architectural forms.
Environmental context
Rural or semi-agricultural landscape with adjacent fields and neighboring buildings.
Spatial experience
Approached via an organic winding gravel path through tall meadow grasses, creating a gradual transition from open landscape to architecture.
Composition rhythm
Repeating gabled roof profiles contrasted by shifting colors and material textures along the facade sequence.
Style reading
Contemporary rural industrial vernacular
Program
Coffee roasting workshop and cafe
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
timber, corrugated-metal, glass, gravel
Visual identifiers
gabled-volumes, pitched-roof, contrasting-cladding, meadow-setting
Style tags
contemporary, vernacular, rural
Visual tags
rural, pavilion, gable, landscape-integration, industrial-vernacular
Geometry
Linear arrangement of connected pitched-roof gabled volumes stepping along the topography.
Facade system
Vertical timber boards and corrugated metal panels over framed wall construction.
Structural guess
Light steel or timber frame construction supporting pitched gable roofs.
Spatial scale
Human-scale single-story industrial pavilions set in a vast natural landscape.
Lighting
Bright, soft daylight casting gentle shadows across the meadow and building facades.
Atmosphere
Serene and open, blending rustic landscape elements with clean architectural forms.
Environmental context
Rural or semi-agricultural landscape with adjacent fields and neighboring buildings.
Spatial experience
Approached via an organic winding gravel path through tall meadow grasses, creating a gradual transition from open landscape to architecture.
Composition rhythm
Repeating gabled roof profiles contrasted by shifting colors and material textures along the facade sequence.
Style reading
Contemporary rural industrial vernacular
Program
Coffee roasting workshop and cafe
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Exterior rendering of a series of gabled industrial volumes with varying timber and metal cladding set amidst rural meadow grass.

3.-Spitfire咖啡烘焙工坊(在建中)

上海

A rural commercial precedent featuring a cluster of gabled pavilions with distinct cladding finishes, integrated into an open meadow landscape.

What we like about this project
An external steel access stair painted bright green attached to the secondary metal-clad volume.

Materials

  • timber
  • corrugated-metal
  • glass
  • gravel

Visual identifiers

  • gabled-volumes
  • pitched-roof
  • contrasting-cladding
  • meadow-setting

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • vernacular
  • rural

Visual tags

  • rural
  • pavilion
  • gable
  • landscape-integration
  • industrial-vernacular
Geometry
Linear arrangement of connected pitched-roof gabled volumes stepping along the topography.
Facade system
Vertical timber boards and corrugated metal panels over framed wall construction.
Structural guess
Light steel or timber frame construction supporting pitched gable roofs.
Spatial scale
Human-scale single-story industrial pavilions set in a vast natural landscape.
Lighting
Bright, soft daylight casting gentle shadows across the meadow and building facades.
Atmosphere
Serene and open, blending rustic landscape elements with clean architectural forms.
Environmental context
Rural or semi-agricultural landscape with adjacent fields and neighboring buildings.
Spatial experience
Approached via an organic winding gravel path through tall meadow grasses, creating a gradual transition from open landscape to architecture.
Composition rhythm
Repeating gabled roof profiles contrasted by shifting colors and material textures along the facade sequence.
Style reading
Contemporary rural industrial vernacular
Program
Coffee roasting workshop and cafe
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
timber, corrugated-metal, glass, gravel
Visual identifiers
gabled-volumes, pitched-roof, contrasting-cladding, meadow-setting
Style tags
contemporary, vernacular, rural
Visual tags
rural, pavilion, gable, landscape-integration, industrial-vernacular
Geometry
Linear arrangement of connected pitched-roof gabled volumes stepping along the topography.
Facade system
Vertical timber boards and corrugated metal panels over framed wall construction.
Structural guess
Light steel or timber frame construction supporting pitched gable roofs.
Spatial scale
Human-scale single-story industrial pavilions set in a vast natural landscape.
Lighting
Bright, soft daylight casting gentle shadows across the meadow and building facades.
Atmosphere
Serene and open, blending rustic landscape elements with clean architectural forms.
Environmental context
Rural or semi-agricultural landscape with adjacent fields and neighboring buildings.
Spatial experience
Approached via an organic winding gravel path through tall meadow grasses, creating a gradual transition from open landscape to architecture.
Composition rhythm
Repeating gabled roof profiles contrasted by shifting colors and material textures along the facade sequence.
Style reading
Contemporary rural industrial vernacular
Program
Coffee roasting workshop and cafe
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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