In Mumbai, India, NUDES design studio has peppered the façade of the BAD café with 25,992 recycled pvc electrical conduits, creating a surreal, undulating and thoroughly modern exterior for the multi-purpose location. Designed by NUDES founder Nuru Karim in collaboration with bad café owners Amit & Bhavna Dhanani, the bristling surface of the building is inspired by the anatomical make-up of human skin, and its function as a connector between human bodies.
所有的25992个黑色的圆柱形导管组成动态的“皮肤”,它们嫁接到CNC的铝复合板上/The dynamic ‘skin’, all of 25,992 black cylindrical conduits grafted into CNC’d aluminum composite panel
Black cylindrical conduits grafted into CNC’d aluminum composite box panels completely obscure the exterior of the building, creating a mesmerizing, almost organic skin over the café. NUDE’s perforated design is intended to emulate the various ways the human body interacts and reads the world around it; through tastebuds, hair, fingertips and so on. Light travels down each individual tube with surprising ease, creating a bright, calming interior space.
这种穿孔的、能渗透的表皮的自然性让该项目呼吸和通风/The porous, perforated nature of the skin allows the project to breathe and ventilate
该项目拥有混合型活动,比如咖啡、瑜伽、会议空间和零售空间/The project houses hybrid activities such as a café, yoga, event space and retail space
The striking black and white aesthetic of the bad café is continued inside, where NUDE focuses on rough, tactile, ‘true to material’ textures, generating a sparse and simple design. The bad café extends over three levels and is home to a yoga studio, café, retail space and open terrace courtyard.
通过历史性城市织物狭窄的车道,它的存在被作为一种曲径逐渐揭示出来/It’s presence is gradually unveiled as one meanders through the narrow by-lanes of the historical urban fabric
建筑计划的目的是为了营造音乐、艺术、表演和更多的文化活动空间/The architectural program was designed to facilitate cultural event spaces for music, art, performances and more
二层从早上7点进行到下午1点变成了瑜伽空间/The first floor transforms into a yoga space from 7am to 1pm
再生的皮肤加强了内部和外部之间的关系/The recycled skin reinforces the relationship between the inside and outside
粗糙、有触感的、“对于材料真实的”纹理披上一种引人注目的黑白组合物/Rough, tactile, ‘true to material’ textures draped in a striking black and white composition