Chunky grain silos knowledgeable the form of the enveloping alcoves at Plain Espresso, an all-stainless-steel Paris cafe designed by native studio Mur Mur Architects.
Plain Espresso is a single-room cafe within the metropolis’s Montmartre district, that includes bespoke built-in seating across the inside’s perimeter.
Crafted from bent sheets of stainless-steel, the furnishings is comprised of lofty half-moon-shaped nooks positioned behind petite matching metallic tables.
Benoît Huen and Lucie Rosenblatt of Mur Mur Architects took cues from silos – tubular industrial buildings that home bulk supplies similar to grain or coal.
These rounded components have been made with the identical immense machines that have been initially constructed to provide grain silos, defined studio co-founder Huen.
“We selected this form to create deep, intimate and comfy alcoves wherein one can curl up,” he informed Dezeen.
Every alcove was topped with a detachable, satellite-dish-like metal disc, which will be angled to boost the slender neon strip lighting suspended from the ceiling that was chosen as a nod to “aged Parisian cafes”.
“Every customer can direct the lightweight and create their very own ambiance,” mentioned Huen.
Fabricated for the mission by Normandy-based Atelier Héphaïstos, the furnishings is amplified by geometric pillars clad in floor-to-ceiling mirrors that mirror the metallic inside.
A half-moon-shaped stainless-steel counter was positioned near the cafe’s bay home windows, echoing the rounded alcoves.
“The counter was deliberately backed up towards the storefront in order that the exercise is observable from the road and the tables and chairs have been positioned towards the again partitions for extra privateness,” mentioned Huen.
Mur Mur Architects left the unassuming white storefront intentionally untouched to mix with the cafe’s Montmartre environment, making the inside all of the extra placing.
A spiral staircase connects the primary cafe to the basement kitchen.
Plain Espresso follows a bunch of thoughtfully designed cafes which have just lately opened throughout the French capital. Native studio Claves reworked Le Cornichon right into a retro house knowledgeable by traditional Parisian bistros, whereas Uchronia created Cafe Shin to pay tribute to Seoul’s booming espresso tradition.
