A translucent structure made from salvaged waste materials sits at the heart of this coffee shop and roastery in Prague, designed by Czech architecture studio Kogaa.
Located in the city's Karlín neighbourhood ? a former industrial district on the banks of the Vltava river ? Grounds Coffee Hub is tucked inside the inner courtyard of a residential street.
The interior of Grounds Coffee Hub was built from reclaimed construction materials
The 120-square-metre cafe serves coffee from its own roastery and is the brainchild of Rene Kralovi?, founder of roasting company Rusty Nails.
"The idea here was to expand the concept of a roastery to the public, as well as being a platform for baristas and coffee experts to educate themselves and be part of a community," Kogaa explained. "In order to cut the costs but also learn how the architecture and spaces relate to their production processes, the construction was made hands-on and designed by building together with the coffee community running the place."
Potted plants line the mezzanine
The studio estimates that 80 per cent of the interior fit-out was built using materials salvaged from a previous project, which would otherwise have been scrapped.
Plastic panels, corrugated metal and timber were all sourced from a project in Brno, where the studio converted a former distillery into a co-working space in 2018.
A seating area is located opposite the corrugated metal counter
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