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COMMERCIAL
INTERIOR

Puya

Tacos de Puebla

he traditional indoor Mexican
kitchen and the outdoor
Tcourtyard of the family home are
the inspiration for this new taco concept
for Puya - Tacos de Puebla.
The lively colourful walls, the beautiful
colourful tiles applied to walls and built-
in counters, and the liveliness of the large
family gathering transmit an energy and
happiness that we tried to capture in the
design of the space.
We used traditional materials and
colours to create a space that is inspired
by the traditional Mexican family kitchen
and courtyard. By reinterpreting them in
a modern key, the final result is clearly
more contemporary, while retaining the
feelings of intimacy and liveliness of the
traditional Mexican house, which were
our main goal.
The hand painted Mexican tiles are
used differently from how they would
be used traditionally. Usually decorative
tiles are used for borders, in our project
we used the decorative tiles in a repetitive

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