{"id":31484,"date":"2014-07-09T19:31:21","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T17:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/east-beach-cafe\/"},"modified":"2016-09-13T18:28:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T16:28:50","slug":"east-beach-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/east-beach-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"east beach caf\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heatherwick Studio was commissioned to design\u00a0a caf\u00e9 building to replace\u00a0a seafront kiosk in Littlehampton, a traditional seaside town on England\u2018s south coast. Exposed to weather and vandalism, the narrow site sits between the sea and a parade of houses.\u00a0The studio saw its challenge as being to produce a long, thin building without flat, twodimensional fa\u00e7ades. The building is sliced diagonally into ribbons which wrap up and over the building, forming a layered protective shell, open to the sea in front.\u00a0The opening is filled with glass doors and windows, protected at night by roller shutters concealed within the building\u2018s geometry, the 30 centimetre width of the ribbons being the dimension of a shutter mechanism.\u00a0In contrast to the conventional white-washed seaside aesthetic, the building is raw and weathered, its structural steel shell finished with an oil-based coating that permits\u00a0a rust-like patination to develop without affecting structural performance.\u00a0A kiosk and cafeteria by day and a restaurant in the evening, the new caf\u00e9 seats sixty.<\/p>\n