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Café Shin founders Shin Eun Jung and Julien Sebbag have opened Café Shin Marais, their third Paris cafe, designed by Uchronia. The 2026-completed venue blends design elements from the first two locations and adds a new screening room where customers watch programmed Korean films from a large blue platform.
Café Shin Marais, the third Paris cafe from founders Shin Eun Jung and Julien Sebbag, opened at 115 rue de Turenne in Paris with a design by studio Uchronia that merges architectural elements from the brand’s first two locations and introduces a new feature: a dedicated screening room. The project, completed in 2026 and featured in Daily Coffee News’ Design Details series, reflects the founders’ stated aim of cultivating a Korean-style cafe experience in Paris, where customers linger over dessert and a second coffee rather than making a quick stop.
The Marais location was conceived as a blend of its two predecessors: the original Café Shin on rue des Petites Écuries and a second location near the Palais-Royal. According to Uchronia, the design was intended to accommodate both lunch crowds and customers settling in for the afternoon. “On one side, an unfinished floor evokes the spirit of the Petites Écuries; on the other, the brickwork echoes the Palais-Royal,” the design firm said in a project description. “It’s as if the first two Café Shin locations had come together in a single space.”
From the street, the facade is divided by the central entrance to the residential building above. The cafe entrance sits to the right, with a separate doorway on the left leading directly into the screening room. A large arch marks the passage from the entrance to the counter area, beyond which a room nearly 4 meters (13 feet) high receives daylight through a series of skylights. Counter, high tables and bench seating come into view progressively as customers move deeper inside, and a curved mirrored pendant in the center of the room captures and reflects the natural light.
After ordering, customers can stay in the main room, move to the terrace, or enter what the project team calls the “chill area”. “A large blue platform invites you to settle in wherever you like, facing a white wall dedicated to screenings,” the project description states. Programming conceived by Shin Eun Jung includes Korean films, archival footage, landscapes and free-form visual sequences, with customers able to sit or lie on the platform alone or in groups. Design direction was led by Julien Sebban, with photography by Romain Moriceau courtesy of Uchronia.
Why the Screening Room Sets This Location Apart
The screening room marks a shift in how Café Shin designs its social spaces. The original cafe included a jjimjilbang-inspired retreat — a reference to Korean bathhouse culture — while the Palais-Royal location incorporated a listening room and photo booth. At the Marais venue, moving images take over the role previously held by sound, according to Uchronia, adding what the firm describes as a more contemplative dimension to the brand’s hospitality concept.
For cafe owners and designers, the project illustrates a broader trend in specialty coffee hospitality: cafes designed as destinations where customers stay for extended periods rather than transact quickly. As Uchronia put it, the cafe “becomes a moment that stretches on” — a positioning that shapes both the spatial layout and the programming, and one that other operators may watch as a model for blending food service with cultural programming.
Shin Eun Jung and Julien Sebbag began collaborating in 2020 through restaurants and temporary menus at venues including Créatures, Forest and Micho, according to Uchronia. Café Shin later became the more permanent expression of their shared approach to food and hospitality. The three venues — Petites Écuries, Palais-Royal and now Marais — were, in the firm’s words, “conceived as part of a shared continuity, where cuisine and architecture evolve together, without any hierarchy between functions and spaces.”
The firm frames the concept expansively: “The cafe is not merely a concept here, but a way of inhabiting a space and allowing it to evolve from one location to the next,” Uchronia said. This is the third appearance of the Cafe Shin project in the Design Details series’ territory of coffee shop architecture and interior design coverage.
“On one side, an unfinished floor evokes the spirit of the Petites Écuries; on the other, the brickwork echoes the Palais-Royal. It’s as if the first two Café Shin locations had come together in a single space.”
— Uchronia, project description shared with Daily Coffee News
Details Not Yet Confirmed
The report does not specify the cafe’s exact opening date within 2026, its operating hours, or the food and drink menu at the Marais location. The full screening schedule — beyond the general categories of Korean films, archival footage and visual sequences — has not been published, and it is not clear how frequently programming will change. Whether further Café Shin locations are planned was also not addressed.
Watching the Marais Location Evolve
Customers can visit Café Shin Marais at 115 rue de Turenne in Paris, with access to the screening room through its own street-facing doorway. Observers of the brand will be watching whether the screening-room concept, like the listening room before it, carries forward into future locations. Daily Coffee News continues its Design Details series, inviting coffee shop owners, designers and architects to submit projects for consideration through its editors.
Key Questions
Where is Café Shin Marais located?
At 115 rue de Turenne in the Marais district of Paris. The facade is split by the residential building’s central entrance, with the cafe entrance to the right and a separate doorway to the screening room on the left.
Who designed Café Shin Marais?
Paris-based design studio Uchronia, with design direction by Julien Sebban. Photography of the project was by Romain Moriceau, courtesy of Uchronia.
What is the screening room?
A separate space with a large blue platform where customers can sit or lie down, facing a white wall used for screenings. Programming by Shin Eun Jung includes Korean films, archival footage, landscapes and free-form visual sequences.
How does this location differ from the other two Café Shin cafes?
It combines design references from both earlier venues — an unfinished floor echoing rue des Petites Écuries and brickwork echoing Palais-Royal — and replaces the earlier locations’ listening room and jjimjilbang-inspired retreat with a film screening room.
When did Café Shin Marais open?
The design was completed in 2026, according to the project details. An exact opening date was not specified in the report.
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