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Design Details: Affogato
- Project: Affogato (Instagram)
- Location: Khar West, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (map link)
- Size (interior): 600 square feet
- Opened: 2023
- Architecture and interior design firm: kaviar:collaborative (Instagram)
- Partners + Principal Architects: Kasturi Wagh and Vineet Hingorani
- Photographs: Syam Sreesylam (Instagram)
Soft curves and swirls of gelato inspired the design of Affogato, a small coffee shop in Mumbai, India, that serves both espresso and gelato. The project was further inspired by the small subterranean art galleries of the Lower East Side in New York City.
“Akin to art pieces and sculptures showcased atop pedestals in an art gallery, one can find the wide range of gelato and coffee take center stage atop the collection of stone blocks,” Kasturi Wagh and Vineet Hingorani, the partners and principal architects of the design firm kaviar:collaborative, said in a project description shared with DCN. “We believed in dealing with the constituents of ‘affogato’ as pieces of art rather than just everyday consumables by creating a space that celebrates it.”
The designers sought to create a singular texture for all the surfaces — walls, ceiling and floor — while allowing the coffee and gelato to be the heroes of the space.
The interior and exterior are intentionally kept bare with just three materials: concrete, stone and wood. A layer of beige micro concrete adorns the entire volume of the space.
“The application of the concrete finish which adorns the walls, ceiling and floor is a manual process which is done using a trowel that leaves these beautiful marks which we feel mimics the gelato swirls,” the architects stated. “Stone cladding governs the pedestals — a.k.a. counters — that house the consumables, coffee machines, gelato machine, etc. The minimal furniture brings in warmth via the wood.”
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