Cups Nine, Trikala Cafe, Residential Development, Greek Architecture Images
Cups Nine in Trikala
Caf̩ and Patisserie Development in Greece Рdesign by Normless_architecture studio & workplace
15 Dec 2016
Cups Nine
Design: Normless_architecture studio & workplace
Location: Trikala, Greece
Cups Nine

A new Cups Nine shop opened its doors, this time as a Cafe & Patisserie store. Right in the heart of the school district and opposite of one of the most popular city?s squares, the new Cups Nine comes to shake up the city for one more time and reintroduce the street coffee shops. The owners envisioned a new space that can serve their best seller coffee as well as their new products adopting them to the needs of the modern life.
The architects translated this vision into a space where the boundaries between the interior and the exterior space are blurred. The seating area, the serving bar are all flexible and accessible either from the inside or the outside. It becomes unclear where the store ends and the street begin. This was mainly achieved through the surrounding window frames, which were all custom and handmade metal work. The windows open and the bar area doubles inside the arcade. A similar thing happens on the street side where the wooden tables slide and move on the other side so that you can enjoy your beverage overlooking the city. Inside the long and narrow space, the store is divided into the serving and seating area by a long wooden bar, wh...