Jagged windows pierce Studio Cadena's Masa bakery in Bogota?
Large triangular windows offer glimpses of spotted terrazzo flooring, paper globes and planting inside this concrete bakery and cafe in Colombia, designed by Studio Cadena.
Photograph by Benjamin CadenaStudio Cadena, which is based in both Brooklyn and Bogotá, designed Masa on a corner plot in a northern residential neighbourhood of the Colombian capital.
The bakery features "monolithic" cast in-situ concrete walls detailed with ridges both inside and out, drawing a contrast to the red-brick paved street outside.
Photograph by Ambiente Familiar"The idea was to figure out a way to make a wall that – with minimal effort – would serve as an envelope, be the structure, and give the building its character," studio founder Benjamin Cadena told Dezeen. "From the outside, the texture changes dramatically throughout the day depending of the shadows being cast by the sun, while on the inside, it provides a more tactile scale while diffusing sound."
Different-sized triangular windows cut into the concrete to open up views between inside and out. Because the shape of the openings narrows to the top, the studio was able to create larger openings free of structural supports.
Photograph by Benjamin Cadena"The triangles introduced a way to both create a more distinct and memorable figure, while maximising openness to the street at ground level," said Cadena. "They also allowed us to have a mullion-less window by reducing the...
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