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Café Shin Marais, the third Paris cafe from founders Shin Eun Jung and Julien Sebbag, opened in 2026 at 115 rue de Turenne, designed by Uchronia. The space combines architectural elements from the first two locations and adds a screening room with a blue platform for filmed programming.
Café Shin Marais, the third Paris cafe from founders Shin Eun Jung and Julien Sebbag, opened in 2026 at 115 rue de Turenne in the Marais district, designed by Paris studio Uchronia. The venue combines architectural references from the pair’s two earlier cafes and introduces a new element: a screening room where customers can watch Korean films and visual programming curated by Eun Jung, according to a project description shared by the design firm with Daily Coffee News.
The cafe was designed as a blend of its two predecessors — the original Café Shin on rue des Petites Écuries and a second location near the Palais-Royal — with spaces intended to serve both lunchtime customers and those staying through the afternoon. From the street, the facade is divided by the central entrance to the residential building above, with the cafe entrance to the right and a separate doorway on the left leading directly into the screening room.
Inside, a large arch marks the passage from the entrance to the counter area. Beyond it, a main room nearly 4 meters (13 feet) high receives natural light through a series of skylights, with the counter, high tables and bench seating revealing themselves as customers move deeper into the space. At the center of the room hangs a curved mirrored pendant that captures and reflects the daylight. According to Uchronia, one side of the room features an unfinished floor echoing the Petites Écuries location, while brickwork on the other references the Palais-Royal cafe — the designers describe it as the first two locations brought together in a single space.
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 facing a white wall dedicated to screenings, where visitors can sit or lie down alone or in groups. Programming conceived by Shin Eun Jung includes Korean films, archival footage, landscapes and free-form visual sequences selected to shape the room’s atmosphere.
What the Marais Location Adds
The screening room marks a shift in the trio’s design approach: at the original cafe, a jjimjilbang-inspired retreat — referencing Korean bathhouse culture — gave customers a contemplative space, while the Palais-Royal location added a listening room and photo booth. At Marais, moving images take over the role previously held by sound, according to Uchronia. The change shows how specialty cafe operators in Paris are using interior design and cultural programming, not just coffee quality, to build loyalty and longer visits — the project description notes that customers “often end up staying longer than planned.”
Uchronia frames the three venues as a single evolving project rather than separate concepts. “The three venues were thus conceived as part of a shared continuity, where cuisine and architecture evolve together, without any hierarchy between functions and spaces,” the firm said. “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.”
How Café Shin Came Together
Eun Jung and Sebbag began collaborating in 2020 through restaurants and temporary menus at venues including Créatures, Forest and Micho, according to the design firm. Café Shin later became the more permanent expression of their shared approach to food and hospitality. Uchronia describes their concept as a distinctly Korean way of experiencing the cafe in Paris: “People meet there after lunch, share a dessert, order a second coffee in the afternoon and often end up staying longer than planned. More than just a break, the cafe becomes a moment that stretches on.”
The design direction was led by Julien Sebban at Uchronia, with photography of the completed space by Romain Moriceau, courtesy of the studio. The project was completed in 2026 and featured in Daily Coffee News’ Design Details series, which highlights individual examples of coffee shop architecture, interior design, packaging and branding.
“Since their beginnings, the two friends have been cultivating a very Korean way of experiencing the cafe in Paris.”
— Uchronia, project description shared with Daily Coffee News
Details Not in the Project Description
The report is based largely on a project description supplied by Uchronia, so details such as the exact opening date, menu offerings, seating capacity and hours of operation were not disclosed. The screening schedule — including how frequently Korean films and other programming will rotate — has not been specified, nor has whether the screenings will run continuously throughout opening hours. No information was provided on whether a fourth location is planned.
Programming and the Café Shin Format
The screening program curated by Shin Eun Jung is expected to be a defining feature of the Marais location, with Korean films, archival footage and visual sequences shaping the atmosphere of the chill area. Whether the venue format — pairing food service with a contemplative cultural room — carries into future locations will depend on how the founders extend what Uchronia calls a shared continuity across projects. Daily Coffee News’ Design Details feature continues to invite submissions from cafe owners, designers and architects for future coverage.
Key Questions
Where is Café Shin Marais located?
The cafe is at 115 rue de Turenne in the Marais district of Paris, France, in a building with a central residential entrance between the cafe entrance and the screening room doorway.
Who designed Café Shin Marais?
Paris design studio Uchronia, with design direction by Julien Sebban, designed the space. Photography of the completed project is by Romain Moriceau, courtesy of Uchronia.
How is this location different from the first two Café Shin cafes?
It combines design references from both earlier locations — an unfinished floor echoing the Petites Écuries cafe and brickwork echoing the Palais-Royal cafe — and adds a screening room with a blue platform where customers can watch films and visual programming while sitting or lying down.
What is shown in the screening room?
Programming conceived by Shin Eun Jung includes Korean films, archival footage, landscapes and free-form visual sequences selected to shape the room’s atmosphere, according to Uchronia’s project description.
When did Café Shin Marais open?
The project was completed in 2026, according to the report published by Daily Coffee News on September 29, 2026. An exact opening date was not specified.
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