A Minimal Café with a Factory Soul
Concept
Renovated to capture the essence of a coffee roastery, Cozy Factory redefines itself after a decade in the coffee industry.
Located in the Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate (Rayong), the café rebrands as a flagship roastery café where visitors can experience coffee through all senses — sight, aroma, texture, and sound.
At the heart of this transformation is transparency:
showing the roasting process live, highlighting craftsmanship, and turning everyday coffee making into a visual narrative.
The logo — two connected houses — symbolizes the merging of “home” and “factory,”
a space that feels both professional and welcoming.
Architecture & Design
Situated within an industrial neighborhood,
the new design by SA-ARD architecture & construction
interprets the idea of a “factory” through raw yet refined materials.
The façade, made of translucent corrugated metal,
wraps the building in a soft industrial glow —
reflecting light by day and glowing gently by night.
It not only expresses the roastery’s industrial identity
but also filters light into the calm white interior,
turning the structure into a living skin that changes with time.
Interior Atmosphere
Inside, walls were demolished to unify the space,
creating a seamless connection between three main zones:
· the V-shaped bar, divided into speed and slow bar sections,
· the coffee display and seating area, and
· the roastery zone, anchored by a 15-kg coffee roasting machine.
The V-shaped counter ingeniously embraces the central concrete column,
transforming an obstacle into a design feature.
Meanwhile, functional areas like the restroom and stairway are concealed behind angled partitions,
allowing the entire café to flow visually as one continuous space.
Material & Lighting
The overall tone blends Scandinavian calm with softened industrial aesthetics.
Key materials include:
· Gray-coated corrugated panels with automotive-grade paint finish
· Texture-coated bar surface mimicking terrazzo stone on wood structure
· Exposed black pipe shelving fastened with brass joints reminiscent of scaffolding
· Lacquered steel panels adding a subtle reflective layer
Lighting plays a crucial role —
hidden LED lines trace beneath counters, around columns, and along ribbed walls,
accentuating form, rhythm, and warmth across the minimal palette.
Coffee Philosophy
Cozy Factory focuses on Thai Arabica beans sourced directly from Mae Bu Ya Farm, Doi Pang Khon, Chiang Rai.
The owners collaborate closely with farmers to refine every step —
from cultivation and variety selection to post-harvest processing and roasting.
Roasting happens once or twice a week,
with weekly cupping sessions every Wednesday
to evaluate blends and single-origin profiles, ensuring each batch meets their signature balance.
Quote
“Simplicity doesn’t mean less — it means precision.”
SA-ARD Perspective
Cozy Factory captures SA-ARD’s vision of a warm factory:
where structure becomes rhythm,
materials speak truth,
and light reveals simplicity.
Every detail embodies our design ethos —
“Aesthetics are not added; they are revealed.”