Shenzhen, China
BOFF Coffee, situated at the corner of Runyao Mansion in Shenzhen’s Guangming District, is a strategically transformed hybrid space merging four original storefronts, featuring an integrated façade redesign and extended outdoor seating canopy, designed to serve dual purposes as a transitional sales venue during the project’s closing phase and a permanent community-centric commercial hub for future resident engagement.
The aluminum panel facade, inspired by traditional architectural eaves, integrates a street-facing bar seating area to enhance urban engagement. Expansive, fully operable glazing blurs the boundaries between the interior and exterior, while the semi-open structural volume creates a versatile communal platform for neighborhood events.
The interior spatial logic extends the outdoor streetscape inward. Landscaping elements are integrated throughout, with green ceramic tiles on the bar’s backdrop wall echoing exterior vegetation. Zones are naturally divided by landscaped planter boxes, utilizing varying plant heights to create transparent yet intimate partitions. A palette of large-scale beige textured paint and wood veneer delivers rustic simplicity. Original load-bearing walls, visually bulky in the space, are subtly softened through the strategic application of gray mirror surfaces.
The ceiling adopts a semi-open design, with integrated timber beams housing adjustable track lighting. Removable fixtures allow positional flexibility to meet multifunctional needs. Seating areas feature leather cushions paired with wood accents, enhancing zoning definition and user comfort. Engineered wood flooring establishes spatial warmth, while localized black gravel and natural stone inserts introduce organic playfulness.
ABOUT: Matrix Design, established in 2010, is headquartered in Shenzhen, China, with branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Xi’an, Wuhan, and Hong Kong. The company is dedicated to providing comprehensive spatial design solutions for clients, striving to achieve sustainable value in environmental, social, cultural, and economic aspects. Its services span across various industries, including public environments, office spaces, residential, commercial retail, education, healthcare, luxury hotels, and cultural tourism, and so on.
From its inception, Matrix Design has consistently focused on enhancing customer experience by offering forward-thinking design concepts and innovative technology to achieve sustainable development in environmental, social, cultural, and economic aspects. With the brand mission of “Design for Good, Technology for All,” Matrix Design integrates harmonious living wisdom into the global design context and also leads the spatial design industry in technological innovation with an international vision, practicing the trends of artificial intelligence and digital development.
According to the 2022 Top 100 Giants rankings released by the globally renowned media outlet Interior Design, Matrix Design ranks 17th worldwide and holds the top position globally in the residential design sector.
Design: Matrix Design
Furnishing: Matrix Design
Client: Shenzhen Runtie Real Estate Consulting Co., Ltd.
Photographer: Shixiang Wanhe
