Tant A Temps Design "restores the visual characteristics of Tang architecture" in Chinese cafe
Tant A Temps Design aimed to revive the aesthetics of the Tang Dynasty when designing the interiors for cafe Laibei 1087, located in a historical building in Xi'an, China.
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The cafe sits inside the Beilin Museum, originally constructed in 1087 to preserve stone steles inscribed with Confucian philosophy and famous calligraphic works.
The timber columns and beams of the historic building were preserved, with the same approach extended into the cafe interiors.
Guided by a "minimum intervention" and "zero damage" renovation strategy, Tant A Temps Design made every new addition detachable and reversible, which allowed the building's original features to remain untouched.
In the cafe, the furniture is suspended from wooden beams or arranged around columns to avoid direct contact with the original structures.
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