Elektra Bakery

Elektra Bakery
© Spyros Paloukis

PHOTOGRAPHS
Spyros Paloukis

AREA
35.0 m2

YEAR
2009

LOCATION
Edessa, Greece

CATEGORY
Commercial Architecture, Store

Text description provided by architect.

This shop is part of a chain of family-run bakeries called 'Elektra' located in Edessa, Greece.Studioprototype had the opportunity to redefine the look of its shops with this pilot project.

Elektra Bakery
© Spyros Paloukis
Elektra Bakery
© Spyros Paloukis

The shop is small, covering only thirty-five square metres and occupies a strategic corner on the main pedestrian high street.

Working with a narrow, linear floor plan a rigorous language was developed for the shop based on a long marble food counter acting as a monolithic focal point of the spatial arrangement.

Light and luminosity flood the interior of the bakery accentuating the food items on display.

Elektra Bakery
© Spyros Paloukis
Elektra Bakery
© Spyros Paloukis

Exquisite materials such as Carrara marble, cedar wood and brass serve as the backdrop for all food products instilling the rustic and artisan aspect of making bread. 

A sense of craftsmanship is imbued with the exterior of the shop clad in vertical cedar boards.

Punctuating the cedar cladding on the long facade, a black powder coated steel window box projects outwards beyond the ‘crust’ of the shop, expanding the space to serve as a seating area and bar for customers inside and outside the shop.

Elektra Bakery
© Spyros Paloukis


Elektra Bakery
© Spyros Paloukis
Elektra Bakery
© Spyros Paloukis
Elektra Bakery
© Spyros Paloukis
Elektra Bakery
© Spyros Paloukis
Elektra Bakery
© Spyros Paloukis
Elektra Bakery
© Spyros Paloukis


Elektra Bakery
© Spyros Paloukis
Elektra Bakery
© Spyros Paloukis
Elektra Bakery
© Spyros Paloukis


Elektra Bakery
© Spyros Paloukis


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