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Café Shin Marais, the third Paris location from founders Shin Eun Jung and Julien Sebbag, opened in 2026 at 115 rue de Turenne, designed by Uchronia under Julien Sebban. The skylit space combines design references from the first two Café Shin locations and adds a new feature: a screening room with a blue platform for projected Korean films and visuals.
Café Shin Marais, the third Paris cafe from founders Shin Eun Jung and Julien Sebbag, opened in 2026 at 115 rue de Turenne in Paris’s Marais district, designed by the studio Uchronia under design direction from Julien Sebban. The completed project, featured by Daily Coffee News on September 29, 2026, blends architectural references from the founders’ first two locations and introduces a new element: a dedicated screening room where customers watch Korean films and projected visuals from a large blue platform.
The cafe was conceived as a combination of its two predecessors — the original Café Shin on rue des Petites Écuries and a second location near the Palais-Royal — and was designed to serve both lunchtime customers and those staying through the afternoon. From the street, the facade is split by the central entrance to a residential building, 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 transition from the entrance to the counter area. Beyond it sits a main room nearly 4 meters (13 feet) high, lit by a series of skylights, with a counter, high tables and bench seating revealed progressively as customers move deeper into the space. A curved mirrored pendant hangs at the center of the room, reflecting the natural light.
According to Uchronia, the materials deliberately reference the earlier venues: an unfinished floor evokes the Petites Écuries location, while the brickwork echoes the Palais-Royal cafe. After ordering, customers can stay in the main room, move to the terrace, or enter what the project team calls the “chill area” — a blue platform facing a white wall dedicated to screenings. Programming conceived by Shin Eun Jung includes Korean films, archival footage, landscapes and free-form visual sequences, and customers can sit or lie on the platform alone or in groups.
Why the Screening Room Changes the Cafe Model
The screening room marks a shift in how Café Shin structures the cafe visit. According to Uchronia, the founders have cultivated “a very Korean way of experiencing the cafe in Paris,” where people linger over a second coffee or a shared dessert and “often end up staying longer than planned.” The new location extends that approach by giving customers a reason — and a physical setting — to stay even longer.
The design also continues a pattern across the three venues of pairing food service with a contemplative or social side space. The original cafe included a jjimjilbang-inspired retreat, a reference to Korean bathhouses, while the Palais-Royal location added a listening room and photo booth. At the Marais location, Uchronia stated, moving images take over the role previously held by sound. For cafe owners and designers, the project offers a working example of how architecture can carry a brand’s identity across multiple sites while each location keeps a distinct anchor feature.
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 design firm frames the three cafes 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,” Uchronia said in its project description. “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.” Photography of the finished Marais space was taken by Romain Moriceau and supplied courtesy of Uchronia.
“Since their beginnings, the two friends have been cultivating a very 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.”
— Uchronia, project description shared with Daily Coffee News
Details Not Covered in the Report
The Daily Coffee News feature focuses on design and does not report on the cafe’s menu, pricing, opening hours or coffee program. It also does not state an exact opening date within 2026 or the size of the space beyond the main room’s ceiling height of nearly 4 meters. Details about the screening schedule — how often films play, at what times, and whether screenings are ticketed or ambient — are not specified, beyond the description of the programming as free-form and atmosphere-driven.
Whether a Fourth Venue Follows
Uchronia describes the three venues as an ongoing continuity in which cuisine and architecture evolve together, leaving open the possibility of further locations, though no fourth venue has been announced. For readers in Paris, the Marais location at 115 rue de Turenne is complete and operating as designed, with the screening program conceived by Shin Eun Jung in place. Daily Coffee News, which published the feature as part of its Design Details series, accepts submissions from cafe owners, designers and architects for future installments.
Key Questions
Where is Café Shin Marais located and when did it open?
The cafe is at 115 rue de Turenne in Paris’s Marais district. The project was completed in 2026, according to the Daily Coffee News feature published September 29, 2026; an exact opening date was not given.
Who designed the space?
The design was carried out by the studio Uchronia, with Julien Sebban as design direction. Photography of the finished project was taken by Romain Moriceau and provided courtesy of Uchronia.
What is the screening room?
It is a separate room accessible directly from the street, featuring a large blue platform where customers can sit or lie down, facing a white projection wall. Programming by Shin Eun Jung includes Korean films, archival footage, landscapes and free-form visual sequences.
How does this location differ from the first two Café Shin cafes?
The Marais cafe combines design references from both predecessors — an unfinished floor recalling the Petites Écuries location and brickwork echoing the Palais-Royal cafe — and replaces the earlier venues’ listening room and jjimjilbang-inspired retreat with a screening room built around moving images.
Who are the founders?
Shin Eun Jung and Julien Sebbag founded Café Shin after collaborating from 2020 on restaurants and temporary menus at venues including Créatures, Forest and Micho.
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