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order linking walls, furniture, and ceiling of the surrounding landscape indoors. ensures that the café remains inviting,
surfaces. From a raised linear planter clad in glossy functional, and engaging at any time,
green ceramic tiles, plants grow to form accommodating a variety of social and
The Counter a living backdrop that animates the wall cultural events without compromising
The operational heart of the café brings and strengthens the relationship with the comfort or visual coherence.
together materials that evoke the Alpine exterior environment.
environment: fir wood and green marble. Materials
Designed in an L shaped configuration with Spatial Flexibility The project originates from the existing
a central island, the counter accommodates The interior layout is designed to be marble flooring, characterised by shifting
generous work surfaces and a raised ledge highly flexible, structured around the tones between forest green and deep
for quick service while ensuring direct rhythmic sequence of arches that divides the reddish brown.
access to the basement and staff areas. space into two main zones: the bistro area From this material base, a palette was
and the lounge area. This division allows developed that reinterprets the Alpine
The Lounge each zone to support a different type of context: fir wood for walls and ceiling
Along the glazed façade, a wooden activity while maintaining a sense of visual structures, green expressed through
bench runs parallel to the windows. The continuity. From morning breakfasts and marble, glazed ceramics, and textured
seating is upholstered in green leather brunches in the bistro to afternoon aperitifs plaster, and living vegetation completing
padding, adding comfort and reinforcing and evening live music performances in the the composition.
the material palette of the interior. lounge, circulation, seating, and furniture In this way, Caffè Nazionale becomes
Heating elements are integrated behind arrangements can adapt to changing uses. a place of encounter and identity, in
slatted wood panels, allowing warm air The combination of modular elements, constant dialogue with the surrounding
to circulate while maintaining visual open floor plan, and adaptable furnishings Alpine landscape. dw
continuity with the timber surfaces.

The Table
In the lounge area, a large high table
emerges as a distinctive and material focal
point. Crafted in marble and fixed to the
floor, it stands as a sculptural presence -
solid yet refined - transforming this area
into a place dedicated to conviviality.

Scenic Greenery
At the back of the lounge area, the
project introduces a scenographic layer
of greenery that brings the presence

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