Domnato Bakery, Belém, Pará Property, Contemporary Brazilian Commercial Restoration Architecture, Photos
Domnato Bakery, Belém, Pará
15 Sep 2020
Domnato Bakery
Design: LIVRE arquitetura
Location: Rua Senador Manoel Barata, 1619 Belém, Pará, Brasil
The Domnato Bakery project consists in the readjustment of an old house in a bakery, totaling 240 sqm of built area.

As a restoration strategy, it was decided to preserve the old façade and to mark the area of the new intervention in an orange box. So, the project consists of two volumes that are reproduced both inside and outside.
The strong color volume houses the production sites: confectionery, bakery, and kitchen. The old, blank area consists of the sector for bakery users. This strong color is part of client?s visual ID and it is an example of how architecture must deal with branding and knowledges from other areas.

Also design objects were exclusively designed, with the aim of reinforcing the brand identity: the tiled mosaic benches allude to the location of the group’s stores through map graphics; the exhibition furniture and the hanging garden. The confectionery, at the entrance of the building, gives greater visibility for its production of fine sweets and aim to increase selling.
At bakery, a three-deck baking oven was imported from Portugal to guarantee constant production and to ensure customers can always find freshly baked bread throughout the day. The flux of clients and employees was studied met...