A cafe with everything that makes it a cafe. The client wanted a qualitative Cafe with an
integrated coffee roaster designed by Franz Riebenbauer from Vienna in collaboration
with us as architects. The concept: The challenge was to use the very limited space available
to achieve the sense of a spacious cafe. For this,
a design vocabulary of wood furniture, cream colors and leather presented
itself. The use of stools instead of chairs makes the room feel
larger and has also been very well received. A
continuous bench along the outside wall emphasizes the length of the room and extends
the space.The organization of background spaces - guest
toilets, kitchen, preparation areas, offices and staff toilets - have been
completely reorganized with the aim of severing the service areas from public
areas. A displacement ventilation system has been installed
under the continuous bench to achieve a permanent high air quality.The bar is formally simple and monolithic in its
execution in concrete and has a reassuring presence in the room. An
all-around and back-lit glass strip in the floor separates the monolith from
the ground making it appear lighter without losing its character.
Show
roasting: A coffee roaster is
an integral part of the Cafe area. There, the self-imported Arabia-beans
from Guatemala will be freshly roasted and served, as well as exhibited and
sold in a separate sales area. Ventilation over an existing chimney of the
immediately adjacent neighbor's house was a challenge to be mastered. A very small portion of
the exhaust air is during the roasting process smuggled into the air to the
fine fragrance throughout the room to spread fresh cafe. Cafe Bean as a sample: An abstract Bean Cafe was spotted as a wall
pattern using matrices. The pattern appears at the sign above the entrance and a
wall relief of the cafe and back on. In addition, the cups, plates, napkins and coffee packs were designed with
this logo.