The project recovers the essence of traditional architecture and simple agricultural buildingof the past rural Catalonia; local and organic materials, warm and with textures, dodging thehigh-tech solutions and specializations at the expense of a traditional, simple spirit.
This philosophy is applied to all areas of the project from the design of the building itself andits interior spaces or the treatment of light and shadows inside, to the products that thecoffee sells. The atmosphere of the interior lightning is achieved by managing filters madeof wooden slats and generate light contrasts, shadows and cozy corners, spaces ofrelaxation and disconnection that reminiscence the interior spaces of the agriculturallandscape buildings. Senses are encouraged to generate ease, warmth and rest in ananimated conversation.
The interior of the building is exposed to the prying eyes of the tide of pedestrians whichwalks by all day long next to the coffee, it even lets us play with the transparencies of theslats at the point of the façade where the pedestrian’s transit is the busiest, inducingcuriosity to look beyond the lining to the inside; pine slats, maintenance-free, aging likewood normally do, an aging which is observed in its maturity and discoloration over timeand outdoor weather.
The interior is covered with slats from palot (fruit boxes from Lleida’s agriculturalcooperatives), some with the names marked on them still, not hiding the origins of thematerials that have been reuse. 200 meters of sisal rope weaving invites us to touch andread the menu, the rope is a filter into the bar and a tool that generates an interestingrhythm of color and shadow. The bar is framed in light.
More than fifty low intensity bulbs offer a warm light atmosphere; bulbs which offers aninteresting confusion between reflexes and exterior lights, making the depth of the exteriorviews increases and it blurs of the boundaries of the bar from the inside due to themultiplicity of reflections.
The varied furniture and local craft production, provide a movable and usable furniturewhich adds a new element to the general interior patchwork.
