Let nature grow in the hustle and bustle, nurturing a cocoa forest | Soar Design

Looking back on thousands of historical trajectories, the Olmecs, Mayans, and Aztecs ventured into the ancient and steep high-humidity tropical rainforest, just to seek this mysterious and legendary fruit-Coco, it is Good medicine, beverages, currency, and flavoring are exquisite craftsmanship that symbolizes healing luxury. The product originated from the natural earth, under the rich and changeable terroir, it has achieved thousands of flavor changes, and then through the craftsman’s ingenious alchemy, the rich and unique flavor levels are refined, and this is also a charming and charming chocolate. Wonderful secret.

“TERRA Chocolate Specialty Store”, an urban rainforest located on Wenzhou Street in Taipei, is known as a pristine space for boutique chocolate laboratories. The owner imitates the spirit and enthusiasm of ancient bean-seekers and spreads all over the world just to seek peace. Creating chocolate with a unique flavor and shocking taste buds, upholding the romantic feeling of “bean to bar”, or the sacred purpose, attempts to perform the mysterious magic endowed by the natural earth with cocoa and heal the busy and tired hearts of modern urbanites.

Just because he appreciates the rich, delicate and complicated journey of chocolate, Hefeng Cangfei design lead architect Ray reproduces the vision of the owner’s journey of finding beans, interpreting the original jungle imagery, and fusing the five senses of tasting chocolate to make the whole space visually , Touch, hearing, and smell are perfectly embodied.

The deliberately slightly retreat indoor space opens up more outdoor natural barriers, allowing outside sunlight, breeze, and bird song to pass inside, creating a quiet and secluded forest mood for the shopkeeper who is like a botanist. As time progresses, green plants spread terracotta-colored mounds winding deep into the field, curved glass blurs the boundary between indoor and outdoor, and the entire space slowly becomes a dense and quiet forest, with sunlight and wind moving Sprinkle dappled light and shadow across the gaps between plants and structures, building a paradise hidden in the city.

When you first see “TERRA Chocolate Specialty Store”, you may feel a familiar sense of sight, painted white lacquer, neatly arranged wooden pillars, like a coconut grove, welcoming you back to nature.

Walking inside, a calm and stable atmosphere comes oncoming, by simplifying the elements and colors of the space, using a single paint to reflect the simplicity and deep charm, decorating with grated cocoa beans or coffee beans, and even creating the bar by the owner himself , Outlines the original rough and strong texture, and with a keen sense of smell, you may also be able to smell the charming cocoa aroma in the air; then through rusted iron, mottled walls, exposed pipes, and calm and healing wooden lines, it highlights the growth of the earth. The rich energy of breath is a natural compliment given by the interweaving of sunlight, air and plants. Thousands of seemingly careless gestures, but contain delicate and exquisite details, like the unique and rich chocolate in the mouth, transforming from the divergent and dangerous tropical rain forest into exquisite and perfect craftsmanship.

Perhaps it was infected with the strong enthusiasm of the shop owner for chocolate. The design team deliberately set the long table in the space as the center, as a visual single point, creating a directional target traction, spreading from the indoor dining table to the outside. Outdoors, it weakens the crampedness of the indoor space, and the outdoor vision will also focus on this center along with the oblique hollow structure on both sides, as it symbolizes the shopkeeper’s original intention and enthusiasm for chocolate, and the world will also feel this strong The energy is gathered here.

When the night falls, the chocolate bar is transformed into a healing space for adults, with a simple and steady tone, without deliberately distinguishing gender elements, removing the avant-garde and exaggerated perfect design, and highlighting the “low-key perfection” with “imperfection”, let TERRA Get rid of the stereotype of the feminine and exquisite boutique chocolate shop, it is a daily laboratory that can open exploration and boldness. With less timeline and space constraints, and more natural sense of homeopathy, you will feel the original tropical jungle. You have to travel far, just in feet.