Living in Sammakorn Village, a leafy pocket of the sprawling Thai capital Bangkok, comes with plenty of perks, including an excellent new coffee parlour. Aptly called earlybkk, it sits right in the middle of a leafy residential area where it occupies a newly built two-storey structure designed by local architecture and design practice space+craft. Owner Kaytita Chaisuksiri is one of the neighbourhood dwellers and she envisioned a meeting place for the community, but one with a fully sustainable concept. Seeing many problems arising with regards to waste management these days, upcycling materials that have been overlooked make up important parts of the interior design. This specific concept spawned a thorough research of both upcycling materials and waste, and interestingly, in the neighbourhood itself. The conclusion? Well, waste containers have been reused to create the building’s metal, filigrain-like façade, select interior elements and furnishings.
As for the waste, used milk cartons have been ingeniously processed and repurposed as re-board to create doors, ceilings, chairs and tables. Additionally, around 600 used beer bottles were placed in the façade as an embellishment, but also to create a playful interplay of light on the premises. Mind you, shards have even used for the terrazzo counter working top and toilet floor. The ground floor sales counter and some wall sections are decorated by simply bumping bottles into the concrete wall. And speaking of which, here, the coffee machines and cabinets brimming with pastries are installed, in addition to shelves laden with refill products, home coffee equipment, pet products, and even a concise selection of vintage clothing in the back of coffee bar area. A small spiral staircase leads to the upper floor where additional seating can be found. This area also doubles as a work space.
earlybkk
Ramkhamhaeng 110 (Sammakorn Village)
Bangkok 10240
Telephone: +66 98 9622652
Mon 8am-5pm
Wed-Fri 8am-5pm
Sat-Sun 8.30am-6pm
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