Architecture: BLOCO Arquitetos
Area: 250 m²
Year: 2022
Location: Asa Sul, Brasília (DF)
These blocks have front marquees over level sidewalks, connecting the stores to ‘extended marquees’ at the ends. These structures form large covered balconies over the public circulation area. The project uses part of the covered public balcony as a table room, making a reference to the traditional “sidewalk tables” of restaurants in traditional cities.
The store’s internal space is reserved for the kitchens, toilets, playroom, events room and store window – one of the main highlights of the project. The floor plan is divided into two complementary parts, visible from the outside.
The product display counter faces the balcony, while the internal shelves are accessible to customers via a corridor, which is also visible from the balcony. In this way, customers can “walk through” the store window and the internal space, choosing what they want, as if they were standing at the counter of a traditional bakery.
The materiality resulting from the artisanal construction process is reminiscent of the bakery’s own artisanal production process. For this reason, the traces of the construction process on the concrete façade have been left apparent. Inside, two materials predominate: natural wood in the doors, frames and furniture, and exposed concrete, present in the flooring and façade finishes. The concrete was cast “in situ” on the back walls.
In the outdoor area, all the sidewalks and balconies were covered with the same type of ceramic flooring, like that found in some stores in the region. The arrangement of the furniture in this space allows free access for pedestrians, without blockages.
Next to the tables, a garden with shrubs adapted to the local climate was included, designed by landscape designer Ana Paula Rosio. The public garden, located between the store and the street, was “adopted” and cared for by the bakery.
“BLOCO Arquitetos manages to capture the client’s expectations, personality, functionality and dreams, transforming all this into a project of planned environments where quality of life and well-being meet and go hand in hand for a long time,” says Guillaume, owner of La Boulangerie 306 Sul and a client of BLOCO Arquitetos for over fifteen years.
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