A Cafe-Hopping Trail that explores the recent cafe boom in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. These freshly-built cafes coincidentally share the overplayed architectural elements : exposed brickwall, cement floor; shaped by the easily-accessible Pinterest and Instagram images that result in this cookie-cutter style aesthetic. This reflects the interlinkage between built environment, digital algorithms and keyword inputs.
'Da-ka City' received Editorial Pick in 'Videogame Architecture' competition organised by Non-Architecture in 2022.
