Chunky grain silos knowledgeable the form of the enveloping alcoves at Easy Espresso, an all-stainless-steel Paris cafe designed by native studio Mur Mur Architects.
Easy Espresso is a single-room cafe within the metropolis’s Montmartre district, that includes bespoke built-in seating across the inside’s perimeter.
Crafted from bent sheets of stainless-steel, the furnishings is comprised of tall half-moon-shaped nooks positioned behind petite matching steel tables.
Benoît Huen and Lucie Rosenblatt of Mur Mur Architects took cues from silos – tubular industrial buildings that home bulk supplies akin to grain or coal.
These rounded parts had been made with the identical massive machines that had been initially constructed to provide grain silos, defined studio co-founder Huen.
“We selected this form to create deep, intimate and comfy alcoves during which one can curl up,” he informed Dezeen.
Every alcove was topped with a detachable, satellite-dish-like metal disc, which might be angled to boost the skinny neon strip lighting suspended from the ceiling that was chosen as a nod to “previous Parisian cafes”.
“Every customer can direct the sunshine and create their very own ambiance,” mentioned Huen.
Fabricated for the mission by Normandy-based Atelier Héphaïstos, the furnishings is amplified by geometric pillars clad in floor-to-ceiling mirrors that replicate the metallic inside.
A half-moon-shaped stainless-steel counter was positioned near the cafe’s bay home windows, echoing the rounded alcoves.
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“The counter was deliberately backed up in opposition to the storefront in order that the exercise is seen from the road and the tables and chairs had been positioned in opposition to the again partitions for extra privateness,” mentioned Huen.
Mur Mur Architects left the unassuming white storefront intentionally untouched to mix with the cafe’s Montmartre environment, making the inside all of the extra hanging.
A spiral staircase connects the primary cafe to the basement kitchen.
Easy Espresso follows a number of thoughtfully designed cafes which have lately opened throughout the French capital. Native studio Claves reworked Le Cornichon right into a retro house knowledgeable by traditional Parisian bistros, whereas Uchronia created Cafe Shin to pay tribute to Seoul’s thriving espresso tradition.
The images is by Yvan Moreau.
