A frame of monolithic concrete portals supports a bar and cafe, designed by Portal 92, which overlooks a raised terrace of terracotta-coloured seating in Moradabad, India.
Called The Village Cafe, the spaces are split across two levels, providing locals with both indoor and outdoor areas to eat arranged around a winding, maze-like route.

Squeezing a wide variety of spatial conditions and materials into a relatively small space, the project was designed to evoke the feeling of being in an Indian village.
"When we received the proposed name for the cafe from our client, these questions suddenly came to light," said the New Delhi studio.
"The intent became to design a space which represents a lucid memory of a village for today's 'urban Indian', looking for a drink down nostalgic lane."
Clusters of seating sit across two levels, connected by a staircase and overlooked by the concrete and glass form of the indoor seating area.
The outdoor tables and booths sit tucked behind low walls or planters filled with local foliage, and adjacent to the indoor bar a curved canopy shelters an outdoor serving area.

"The possibility of various movement patters gives the illusion of an intimate organic settlement wherein regulars find their own path, seldom taken by new visitors," described the studio.
"The form of the planters and walls has been carefully modulated to generate a surreal impression of rural settlements."

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