Milan-based architecture practice Studio Walk added soft green tones and powdery hues to the interiors of a bakery in Milan, Italy.
The small space called Pan was designed as a bakery, kitchen and wine bar,
with the goal of merging two cultures from Japan and Milan in one live bar.
The 70-square-meter project involves a “physical and material change of the innovative form of the place”,
It was a creative collaboration between Japanese chef Yuji Tokuyoshi and Alice Yamada,
with the aim of democratizing Japanese culture.
Simplicity, colors and textures
The studio described these two elements as “well-defined spirits” but at the same time
they can coexist in a seamless and natural way in a space:
A long wooden bench extends inwards along the wall towards the street, as if to connect the two rooms of the place.
The bread counter is the hero of the space as soon as the customer enters the space,
the customer realizes their physical expectation of the outdoor seat.
Lightness and variety are the main features of the space, as the customer spends half the day in the space without buying bread.
Freshness and a sense of belonging can be described as the two dominant characters in the space.
Large windows expose the interiors of the place to the outside, creating a hybrid ‘sill space’ between home and urbanity.
Inside, customers are greeted by the neutral cladding, a container in which some items with a strong personality are transformed into heroes.
The two counters, the bakery and the bar, form the main functions and define the space.
Made of green fiberglass mesh panels, it is a small architectural piece that inhabits space and interacts with natural light.
Her colorful dialogues with Noreen’s nuanced shades and ceiling drapes create a suspended three-dimensional world, continuous and ephemeral.
The counter bathroom wall and sliding system serves as a backdrop to the room,
made of a wooden frame over which translucent pressed cellulose panels are attached,
Anticipating a green monochromatic box from which the monochromatic element in the basin’s Moltrasio stone emerges.
The area dedicated to the bar turns into more nuances,
With chestnut wood stained black for the counter and stainless steel inserts as protagonists.
