Restaurants and bistros with me, reveal your kitchen and construction to your guests
We were at the birth of the open kitchen trend. chef Pohlreich joked to the whole nation that the kitchen is a great craft, and under this influence, kitchens began to gradually open. That’s why in 2010 we designed the first Bageteria with an open kitchen and serving counter along the entire length of the establishment, recalled architect Tom Ciela from the Archicraft studio.
And it reflects a current striking trend, namely the combination of exposed textures of construction materials, including exposed concrete, pipes and electrical wiring. Many other studios follow these trends, such as IO studio, Atelir A8000 and others.
The new trend is also reflected in the design of the concept of Basics Coffee cafes: Here we used the natural color of Porotherm pocky, cut foam concrete to show its insides. These rough textures are used in combination with the polished appearance of lacquered oak wood, explains architect Ciela.
Furnace at mst
We usually sketch, not make visualizations, but mainly we go to the city and there we take bricks and other materials and examine them. It’s about a beautiful real result, not an idealized render. With this, you never have a chance to test if you accidentally open the door of the cabinet to the wall and don’t open it too much when you pass by, adds architect Miroslav Krtk from the Archicraft studio.
Experiences have taught them a lot. For women, don’t get tired after two months of intensive use, don’t suggest a counter on which you can’t serve kva, don’t use a lamp that’s too bright or, on the contrary, dim.
So the studio gathered its knowledge, for example, in the case of the cafe Mojo. It is a multifunctional space, where we have designed a different typology for different interior styles so that it can be used both for drinking and with a laptop on the table, and for curling up in chairs and discovering the charms of flowers. But for a one-day meeting with an acoustically separated room, for banquets we fold down floorboards for cafe tables, but also for drinking outside at the bar counters with a view of the western promenade by the lake, explains Miroslav Krtk.
The architects wanted to create a contrasting environment that would remove the employees of corporate offices from their working life and allow them to relax in it.
They are not used to designing something eye-catching, flashy, which would make a good first impression, but could quickly get boring.
The eye would be drawn to it at first, but the second day it got tired. Our goal is to embody an artistic, elegant sense of visual stimuli that does not simply fade away. In particular, we choose a minimalist architectural layout and lower materials, without any color or shape excesses, to Miroslav Krtk.
The problem with gastro operation proposals is that every gastro brand goes through development, especially operating in one- and five-year cycles. In them, it is customary to refresh your logo, website, promotional materials, and general communication. And the architectural design should reflect this, take into account how the sign is first found. Suggest open one that update umon. That’s why architects can collaborate with graphic design.