Mc Café El Zapote

3a. Avenida 9-00 zona 2, 01002 Interior Finca El Zapote, Zona 2, Guatemala City, Guatemala

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Mc Café El Zapote

3a. Avenida 9-00 zona 2, 01002 Interior Finca El Zapote, Zona 2, Guatemala City, Guatemala

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Type

Hospitality + Sport › Restaurant

YEAR

2012

SIZE

5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft

McCafé
El Zapote

With the common goal of reinventing
the coffee shop space in Guatemala, McCafé
and SOLIS COLOMER ARQUITECTOS
started exploring new ideas that could represent and talk about to the locals
and the rest of the world. Based on this vision, McCafé El Zapote presents an
open space surrounded by a uniform three-dimensional skin, formed by thousands
of wooden blocks that express three main concepts:

·
The Passage, a traditional architectural element
found in emblematic public buildings in the historical downtown in Guatemala, such
as Pasaje Aycinena and Pasaje Rubio. These evoke many pleasant and nostalgic memories
to the habitants of these neighborhoods and will also tell new stories to the
upcoming generations.

·
The Pixels, an essential component in today’s
technology, is incorporated to this project as a mesh or skin. This mesh
creates a texture, conformed by thousands of dots or “voxels” that together
define and guard this intimate space.

·
Tree’s Shadow, an ideal space under which people
can enjoy the incomparable climate in our country. The wooden mesh, structured
with solid components specifically arranged, allows sun light filtration to
create an environment of privacy, security, and protection in the interior
spaces. It also delimitates the area and provides shadow in the tables,
creating an exquisitely pleasant space at any time of the day or night.
Finally, the design doesn’t deny the
local construction methods or materials. We adopted a system in which the
world’s high technology and the local materials and techniques converged and
came up with amazing results.