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Entwurf • Design Atelier Réalité, PT-Lissabon
Grundriss • Floor Plan
Schnitt • Section
Querschnitt • Cross section
Straßenansicht • Street view
Bauherr • Client The Capsule Café, PT-Ericeira
Standort • Location PT-Ericeira
Nutzfläche • Floor space 40 m 2
Fotos • Photos Francisco Nogueira, PT-Lissabon
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More info on page 126
THE CAPSULE CAFÉ
IN ERICEIRA
The Capsule Café, which is located in the small Portugue-
se town of Ericeira, certainly has nothing in common with
a plastic capsule for dusty coffee machines. A cheeky smi-
ley face with squinted eyes juts out into the pedestrian
zone on a large round illuminated sign and draws atten-
tion to what lies behind it: a 40 square-metre café which
has been designed by Atelier Réalité from Lisbon.
T and attracts surfing enthusiasts from all over the world with its
his small fishing village lies just 36 kilometres north of Lisbon
high waves. The beaches are known for their natural beauty – the
town centre for its winding alleyways and culinary diversity. In the
centre of all this is now a new café. The planners Mariana Póvoa, Síl-
via Rocio and Pedro Pedroso from Atelier Réaltié took up the challenge
and based the design of the long and narrow commercial space on
the features of the surrounding existing architecture. The cobalt blue
of the façade, typical of the area, was retained and was quickly adap-
ted as an identity-creating colour for the interior of the Capsule Café.,
endowing it with the desired contemporaneity and expressiveness.
Whether pendant lights, small pieces of furniture, integrated coun-
ter trays or translucent room dividers: the strong sky- and wave-like
colour extends from the façade to the sanitary facilities. Like an Ame-
rican diner, the space is organized in longitudinal direction. The open-
plan kitchen with an elongated seating counter invites you to enjoy a
quick espresso on bar stools, whereas tables opposite with upholste-
red benches offer enough space for a long café visit. Restrained sha-
pes and colours – a light shade of grey for the floor, walls and ceilings
and white for the furniture and tiled counter – give the cobalt-blue
highlights sufficient spatial impact. The luminous curtain at the end
of the room is particularly eye-catching. It separates the utility rooms
from the commercial space and, depending on its position, transforms
the surroundings into a futuristic, colourful world. And where a lot
of life takes place outdoors, you want to connect the inside with the
outside. Two large openings ensure this: the entrance door and a win-
dow. Naturally framed in blue and swivelling, they allow the façade
to be opened almost completely. Like shop windows, the openings
frame the seating area at the same height on one side and the open
bar on the other. But those who prefer to sit outside can quite simply
take a seat on bench shaped like an oversized dachshund standing
in front of the café.
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