A warm wooden coffee kiosk designed as a calm pause inside Calmette Hospital—open, approachable, and centered on wellbeing.
The brief
Located within Calmette Hospital’s Polytechnic Centre Building, BROWN Calmette is designed for a setting where people often need quiet support and emotional ease. The project introduces an interactive wooden sculptural kiosk that brings warmth into a clinical interior, creating a small destination for patients, families, staff, and passers-by to slow down, reset, and connect. Rather than enclosing the kiosk with hard boundaries, seating is wrapped around it to encourage openness, approachability, and everyday interaction.
Scope of Work
Interior architecture, heritage integration, façade restoration, custom millwork, lighting design, spatial planning, material strategy.
The kiosk is conceived as an adaptable envelope derived from BROWN’s logo mark, assembled through Koki wood strips and a sarong artwork layer that wraps the main frame. Its form was developed through close study of barista workflow, proportion, and joinery, balancing performance with a sculptural presence. The strips run in rhythm and taper to create openings, strengthening the relationship between barista and customer while turning a compact hospital café into an experience of calm, care, and warmth.
