John Pawson . photos: © Max Gleeson
Driving the brief for the project was the requirement that these premises in Milan be at once a gallery for bread, a stage for bakers and a gathering place for customers, with its various spaces simultaneously susceptible to the very different disciplines of curation and choreography.
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The outcome is a series of refined backdrops for people and objects, with richness deriving from details of form, texture, pattern and the fall of the light. At the heart of the design is a recognisable language of materials and architectural moves — a signature curve, a particular play of recessed and protruding elements — that both feels responsive to the site, but can also adapt to future location conditions.
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Farini Bakery & Café
Milan, Italy
2016 – 2017
Project Architects
Marta Vitorio, Eleni Koryzi
Project Team
Sabine Piechotta, Max Gleeson, Nicholas Barba
Photography
Max Gleeson
