Bread has normally been extra than just dough. So why not rejoice its sale and manufacturing? Instead of following regular principles of bakery aesthetics, this job centered on an truthful emphasis on its important components: house and baked merchandise. Positioned a bit off the key commercial streets of central Athens, the original space provided an unusually elevated and recessed terrace place.
The KORA storefront and bakery so depict a form of stage for the manufacturing and exhibit of baked merchandise. The presentation of these items and their accompanying manufacturing processes are conceived as a clear spectacle. The process of baking and the presentation of products are perceived by means of a large wall of rotating metallic cabinets. Switching scenarios of open up, semi-open up, and shut facade factors let not only for sights of diverse styles of merchandise but also into the creation space itself.
The threshold among within and outside the house is joined by an interactive perforated steel wall. A kinetic wall that can act as a shutter, an aperture, or a display screen floor. The metal wall is comprised of 50 particular person trays that rotate independently all over a central axis into various positions. When vertical they supply the least transparency though allowing for sights of silhouettes and light-weight coming by means of the perforation of the metallic.
When horizontal they deliver the maximum transparency by performing as a functional surface area for exhibit, completely ready to accommodate a excellent wide range of baked items. Eventually, the 45-diploma angle enables for partial sights of the history as nicely as an ideal merchandise exhibit for the visibility of customers. Through the addition and sale of various products, the kinetic wall is so generally modifying in its outer appearance. It simultaneously acts as a shutter, boundary toward the exterior, aperture to the spectacle of baking, and a system for exhibiting baked solutions alongside with diverse situations.
Apart from creating a functional spectacle, cleanliness and routine maintenance performed even further critical roles in the selection of supplies and hues. Collectively with the moveable kitchen area machinery, the mild-coloured, resilient, and non-porous surfaces of the lessen fifty percent embody a form of atmospheric lightness. They therefore not only symbolize but actually are parts that need day-to-day cleansing and very low routine maintenance. In distinction, all features on the ceiling and previously mentioned the expected hygienic level of 2 meters, relate to mechanical and lights techniques.
Thanks to the elevated character of the place, this 2nd facade is specially obvious from the street degree. The typically incoherent industrial character of these kinds of devices was as a result camouflaged by the application of a monochromatic colour tone that also enhances the present higher developing. The ceiling and all its particulars therefore develop into a lot less notable even though escalating entry and adaptability through the full exposure of mechanical and lights elements.
The celebration of practical elements on the inside compliments the perpetually altering spectacle in and close to the façade. Creating and consuming bread (and pastries) turns into a functionality, whereby the boundaries amongst performers and spectators are blurred.
Architects: en-route-architecture Area: 200 m² 12 months: 2020 Photographs: Mariana Bisti Manufacturers : AutoDesk, Ceramica Vogue, McNeel Direct Architects: Katerina Kourkoula, Hannes Livers Gutberlet
