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Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

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Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Madrid-based architecture firm Zooco Estudio has created a tiro of bakery that revives the traditional dining room experience with central oak tables in Madrid, Spain.

Named El horno de Babette, the bakeries are designed to break with the conventional bakery layouts, which is highly hierarchical and divided by an exhibitor that makes it obvious which areas are private and which are public.

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store at General Diaz Porlier 34 has a central scheme for a dining room

Babette's store at General Diaz Porlier 34 has a central scheme for a dining room, while the other store at Orellana 16 features a central scheme for a workroom. The final store, located at 52 Paseo De La Habana Street, features a central kitchen layout. 

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store at General Diaz Porlier 34 has a central scheme for a dining room

To enhance the customer experience, which involves more than just browsing and placing an order, the bakery offers guided tours of the space. This allows customers to gain a deeper understanding of the products on display.

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store at General Diaz Porlier 34 has a central scheme for a dining room

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store at General Diaz Porlier 34 has a central scheme for a dining room

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store at General Diaz Porlier 34 has a central scheme for a dining room

The architects blurred the boundaries of the layout, using the dining room design as a guiding element, with the central table serving as the focal point. 

From a material perspective, this new idea will be supported by wood, textiles, glass, and warm, focal lighting to further accentuate the sense of a space that moves away from the retail aesthetic.

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store at General Diaz Porlier 34 has a central scheme for a dining room

Babette's store at General Diaz Porlier 34 has a central scheme for a dining room

The main layout of Babette's store at 34 General Díaz Porlier is interpreted as a dining room, with the various bread varieties on display at a solid oak table in the middle.

From a material perspective, the studio chose woods, glass, textiles, and warm, focal lighting to further accentuate the sense of a place, moving away from the retail aesthetic.

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store at General Diaz Porlier 34 has a central scheme for a dining room

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store at Orellana 16 features a central scheme for a workroom

The layout of a bakery workroom serves as the model for Babette's store at 16 Orellana Street. The wooden table used to display bread resurfaces in the center, and metal screens built into the walls integrate the bakery's other work and exhibition areas. 

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store at 16 Orellana Street

Regarding the materials, the finishes—metal profiles, microcement, terrazzo, and glass—have an industrial feel to them, but they don't exclude the wood, which is a feature shared by all bakeries. 

Lastly, the store has a cozy feel thanks to the warm lighting, which also softens the industrial character.

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store at 16 Orellana Street

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store at 16 Orellana Street

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store at 16 Orellana Street

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store at 16 Orellana Street

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store at 16 Orellana Street

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store is located at 52 Paseo de la Habana

Babette's store at 52 Paseo De La Habana Street, features a central kitchen layout

The same idea is proposed in a kitchen-like area at Babette's store, located at 52 Paseo de la Habana. The main feature of the bakery is the ceramic tiling that covers the central round wooden table.

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store, located at 52 Paseo de la Habana

Along with the various-sized tiles covering the walls, the floor is covered with microcement, and the upper strip of the walls and ceiling is sprayed with cement. 

Mirror veneer is used on the central leg of the table and the doors of the furniture to increase the room's feeling of lightness and space.

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store, located at 52 Paseo de la Habana

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store, located at 52 Paseo de la Habana

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store, located at 52 Paseo de la Habana

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store, located at 52 Paseo de la Habana

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Babette's store, located at 52 Paseo de la Habana

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Floor plan of store in General Diaz Portelier

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Floor plan of store in Orellana

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Floor plan of store in Paseo De La Habana

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Floor plan

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Floor plan

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Floor plan

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Axonometric drawing

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Axonometric drawing

Bakery features central oak tables that revive the traditional dining room experience

Axonometric drawing

Zooco Estudio created a pixelated interior made of a series of cubes that serve both as storage and display for a new Nuilea cosmetic shop in Madrid, Spain.

Zooco Estudio was founded in 2009 by Miguel Crespo Picot, Javier Guzmán Benito and Sixto Martín Martínez, architects by the School of Architecture of Madrid.  

Project facts

Project name: El horno de Babette

Architects: Zooco Estudio

Year: 2022

Location: Madrid, Spain

Team: Miguel Crespo Picot, Javier Guzmán Benito, Sixto Martín Martínez/Zooco Estudio

Collaborators: Maria Larriba, Marta Borrás

Lighting & Furniture: Zooco Estudio

All images © David Zarzoso

All drawings © Zooco Estudio.

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