Home New Zealand – August 01, 2019

WhatdoesThreeQuarterSocietydo

andwhat’sbehindthename?Dmitry

Sedov(owner)—Weareanindependent

Wellingtonspecialtycoffeebarserving

exclusivesingleoriginandblends,with

beanssourceddirectlyfromplantations.

Whenwewerein searchoftheperfectflat

white,wecametoa three-quarterratio,

creatinga strongercoffeewitha lessmilky

flavour.Sincethen,we’veservedthethree-

quarterflatwhiteasoursignaturedrink.

Yournewspacewasdesignedby

ThomasSeear-Budd.Tellusaboutit.

It’sopen,fulloflightandgatherspeople

aroundwiththearomaofcoffeeand

soundofbeansgrinding.Theprojecthad

a clear focusonusingnaturalmaterials.

Wewantedtoachievesimplicityand

clarityofdesign,showcasecraftsmanship

andcreatea calmatmosphere.

Whatmaterialshaveyouusedand

why?Timberdowelscreatesofttones

andfilterlighttobringcalmtothe

environment.Agedbrasswasusedto

cladtheexteriorofthecoffeebarand

complimentnaturalwood tones.

ThreeQuarterSociety

Level1, Gates10-17

WellingtonAirport

threequarter.co.nz

In balance

Coffeeisservedina place

of calm at Wellington Airport.

D:04 NEW OPENING

Above—Thomas

Seear-Budddesigned

thenewcafetobea

placeofcalmanda

restrainedcounterpoint

toitsneighbours.

Right—The11-metre

counteris cladwith

extrudedbrassthatwas

sandedbyhand,hadan

agingsolutionapplied

tocreatea richpatina,

thensealedwitha coat

ofboiledlinseed.

Left—Thetimberdowel

screenfilterslightby

dayanddiffusesit by

night.Oaktablesand

navyleatherbench

seatsprovideplaces

for customers to pause. Photography

Thomas Seear-Budd

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