Bluarch

* Company:

Bluarch

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Owner/principal

City:

New York

Description:

Bluarch is a practice dedicated to design innovation and technical excellence providing complete services in architecture, interior design, and master planning.

Website:

http://www.bluarch.com/

29MAR 2012

Omonia Bakery / Bluarch

Posted in Architecture - Restaurants by Bluarch

This bakery is a brand new project for the family behind the renowned Omonia brand famous for its Greek pastries.

It sells pastries and breads prepared on premises in the see-through kitchen.

The design of this store celebrates indulgence… the suspension of one’s everyday grind through the consumption of a sweet delight. The space is soft and warm… sexy and decadent… as chocolate.

Much like the physiognomy of a pastry, this design wants to offer the exciting anticipation of a pastry in-fieri… the liquid concoction, the minced ingredients… The space shifts organically with the narrative of flavors as patrons taste the succulent goods.

The main feature of the 1,000SF interior space is a fluid surface [clad with ¼” chocolate brown Bisazza tiles] which covers the ceiling and the side walls to different heights.

This surface warps in bubbles and negotiates a system of 6-inch tubular incandescent light bulbs… and an arrangement of red cedar wood spheres.

The epoxy flooring continues to the walls via filleted corners. A shelf and LED strips navigate the transition with the chocolate surface.

The kitchen is exhibited to the public, as it sits simply within a tempered glass box.

.Therefore, the exquisite level of craftsmanship of the project [with its unforgiving alignments and complex details] is paralleled with the refined artisanship of Omonia's pastries.

Design team:
Bluarch

Status:
Completed

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