Örnek BLOG - Baking ingredients inform soft-hued interiors of Juana Limón cafe in Madrid
Spanish architecture studio Lucas y Hernández-Gill used powdery walls and pastel-hued fixtures to reflect the sweet treats on offer in this cafe in Madrid.
The Juana Limón coffee shop and bakery lies just outside of the capital's centre, a short distance from El Retiro park.
Formally a gift store, local practice Lucas y Hernández-Gill were approached to turn the retail space into a café that would "attract the attention of people in the street".
The client specified that the architect should also make the most of the shop's 50 square-metre floor plan, allowing room for a prep kitchen and customer seating.
For the shop's aesthetic the practice referenced the "world of bakeries and patisseries", taking particular interest in the hue of typical dessert ingredients like flour and butter.
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This is reflected in the pale yellow tiles, which have been used to clad the display counter and cash register.
Floors have then been completed in whitewashed oakwood, to mimic the colour of bread dough
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This shade extends onto the shop's walls, which have been coated with gypsum – a type of mineral often found in plaster or chalk.
"These colours contrast with the blue facade, which is like a shell protecting the fragile interior," the studio told Dezeen.