{"id":6822,"date":"2026-04-16T10:30:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=6822"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:12:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:12:34","slug":"sosokki-anac-designs-angular-abogoga-cafe-in-gimpo-to-resemble-ancient-ruins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/sosokki-anac-designs-angular-abogoga-cafe-in-gimpo-to-resemble-ancient-ruins\/","title":{"rendered":"Sosokki Anac designs angular Abogoga cafe in Gimpo to resemble ancient ruins"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Abogoga<\/div>\n

Monolithic brick<\/a> volumes intended to evoke “the ruins of an undiscovered ancient civilisation” conceal this cafe<\/a> in South Korea<\/a>, designed by local architecture studio Sosokki Anac.<\/span><\/p>\n

Named Abogoga, the cafe and bakery sits alongside the Han River on the outskirts of Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province.<\/p>\n

\"Exterior
Sosokki Anac created a riverside cafe and bakery in Gyeonggi Province<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sosokki Anac<\/a> divided the cafe across three red-brick forms, designed to appear separate from the exterior but united by a high, angular exposed-concrete interior.<\/p>\n

“I was interested in creating a dreamlike, almost fictional atmosphere that merges universal familiarity with something unfamiliar,” said design lead Gi-Tae Chung.<\/p>\n

\"Angular
Angular brick volumes evoke “the ruins of an undiscovered ancient civilisation”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The project was conceived as the ruins of an undiscovered ancient civilisation, buried beneath the glaciers of Alaska \u2013 as if the traces of a forgotten world had resurfaced after the reset of human history,” Chung told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“Red brick was chosen for its closeness to a primordial architectural material \u2013 something ancient, tactile, and deeply rooted in human construction,” he added.<\/p>\n

\"Abogoga
The cafe has an angular, exposed-concrete interior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To create what Chung described as a “sense of exploration”, Abogoga is accessed via a short bridge across a rocky patio, leading into the elbow of an L-shaped plan designed to prevent the whole interior from being revealed at once.<\/p>\n

This narrow entrance opens into a double-height hall, with a large counter for baked goods at its centre and a coffee bar lining its southern edge, both finished in stainless steel to contrast the raw concrete ceilings overhead.<\/p>\n