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NEON BAKERY

Dalamanara, Argolis, Greece

designed by Studio 2PiA - Panagiotis Papassotiriou

Project ID:

Name: Neon Bakery & Coffee

Type: Commercial / Service / Renovation / Redesign / Interior Design

Architects: Studio 2Pi Architecture | Panagiotis Papassotiriou

Location: Dalamanara, Argolis, Greece 

Client: Studio 2Pi Architecture | Panagiotis Papassotiriou

Completion year: 2019

Photography: Pygmalion Karatzas

Photo shoot date: August 2019


Project description:

"Under Motion"Our proposal is concerned with the renovation and refurbishment of an existing building that hosted a Taverna and would be changed to a bakery and coffee shop. It is a ground floor building constructed before 1955. Its positioned along the National Highway between Argos & Nafplio and as a result its use and the architectural design is predetermined by the constant flow of people and goods in this busy road. The existing building consists of adobe walls and a timber roof with byzantine tiles as covers.Not being able to intervene in the original sell we decided to clad the walls with a “fine dress” made from wavy Perforated Aluminium Sheets that can accommodate all the ancillary infrastructure supporting the facades. Sliding doors, gutters, lights, cameras, alarms all placed between the existing walls and the new cladding system. The existing walls are painted white in order to disappear behind the new façade.  There has been a conscious decision to minimize the visual information that the eye receives in terms of geometrical forms and an effort to maximize the purity of the existing volumes. The traveller that passes by has very limited time to register the information of the building, this is a result of the busy road and the speed that he is moving at that time.During the night the building shines and the diffused lighting behind the perforated sheets imitates a lantern. Our efforts were focused on showcasing and highlighting the building itself and not to use signs or other means to invite new consumers.The shape of the roof maintains the original hipped design but now relates to the rest of the building visually by replacing the byzantine roof tiles with the white render of the external insulation. Gutters and rainwater pipes are hidden either within the roof or behind the new cladding.  In the interior the concrete flooring along with the white pleated gypsum decoration of the walls behind the counters create a visually “clean” environment that allows the products and goods to take the leading role. The counters and the food trays are coloured black for the bakery goods, pastry goods, drinks and sodas with their colourful presentation and wrapping to invite customers to choose them.A small gesture for the plane of Argolida that lies behind us and an attempt to divide the open space, so the uses are defined but not exclusive was the positioning of a sole tree in the centre of the interior space. The scale of the tree keeps close to the human body so the connection to the citrus trees that are typical throughout the entire plane is easily adapted.[text by the architects]

Links:

Studio 2PiA: www.s2pia.com

Vendors:

Kafkas

Publications:

Ellinikes Kataskeves, issue Jan-Feb 2020.

Image Copyright: Rights-Managed © Pygmalion Karatzas.

Image Licensing: High-resolution images are available for editorial and limited commercial use.
Edition Type: Open edition print.
Fine Art Prints: Images are available in gallery-quality fine art prints on various sizes, media and framing options.
Please inquire for further information for usage licensing and prints.

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