Barista’s Kitchen
BARISTA'S KITCHEN
Estudio Mineral + Cynthia Silva
ARCHITECTS
Cynthia Silva, Estudio Mineral
LEAD ARCHITECT
Atamar Lorrani, Filipe Castro, Cynthia Silva
MANUFACTURERS
AutoDesk, Coral, Deca, Terratile, Trimble
ENGINEERING
Construtora PRS
COLLABORATORS
Cristiana Bahia
CLIENTS
SEBRAE MG
PROJECT TEAM
Arthur Ribeiro
LOCATION
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
CATEGORY
Installation, Heritage, Coffee Shop Interiors
In 2020, many uncertainties and reflections arose along with the process of social isolation resulting from the pandemic.
We changed our habits, and most of our routines took place inside our homes. Facing such a chaotic and unstable world, the project reflects the search for feelings of coziness, protection, and human warmth.
We looked back to the place of our most primordial memories to find this necessary warmth.
The kitchen’s layout has its island as a central element which, in a way, represents the social arrangements of the cities in the countryside of the state of Minas Gerais.
There, the protagonist of the house was not the living room but the kitchen, where everything happened around the traditional wood stove.
This island shelters all of the kitchen functions from storage to cooking food, as well as being an abundant preparation area.
Taking this into consideration, it was decided to align tradition with contemporaneity to reinforce the idea that both are not exclusive concepts, but that they can be side by side, illustrated by the wood stove next to the induction cooktop.
