Flame and Flavor Restaurant, Kaohsiung City, Southern Taiwan, East Asian commercial architecture images
Flame & Flavor – A Red Cloak in Taiwan
21 May 2025
Architects: Paperfarm Inc
Location: Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Photos by Daniel Yao – Paperfarm Inc
Flame and Flavor: A Red Cloak, Taiwan
After a typhoon damaged its facade, Old New Taiwanese Cuisine—a flagship Michelin restaurant in Kaohsiung—underwent a bold transformation. Drawing from the restaurant’s name, Paperfarm reimagined the building as a dialogue between tradition and innovation.
The original façade—a faux-historic wooden screen—was damaged beyond repair. Rather than preserve imitation, the redesign embraced material clarity, replacing pastiche with a renewed identity.
In its place, a new outer layer cloaks the building in a deep, unmistakable red—drawn from the restaurant’s brand. Beyond a corporate reference, it redefines the restaurant’s street presence and amplifies its culinary legacy, casting heritage in a new light.
Tectonically, 1,080 perforated metal panels ripple across the facade like flames—an homage to the kitchen’s craft. Custom-engineered as part of a prefabricated clip-on system, the panels allow efficient installation and resilience against both typhoons and earthquakes.
Varying in perforation size, transparency, length, and tilt angle, each panel plays with shifting light and shadow in its own way, animating the surface with texture and rhythm.
The use of metal recalls more than cookware—it evokes Kaohsiung’s industrial past, where craftsmanship and heavy industry once shaped the city’s character. Here, architecture is an extension of Taiwanese craft, cuisine, and culture.
Flame & Flavor – A Red Cloak in South Taiwan – Building Information
Design: Paperfarm Inc – https://paperfarminc.com/
Completion date: 2025
Building levels: 3
Photographer: Daniel Yao – Paperfarm Inc
Flame and Flavor: A Red Cloak, southern Taiwan mages / information received 210525
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