Spanish firm Plantea Estudio has layered "light and warm" materials such as plywood and chipboard to create the interior of this Madrid street food restaurant.
Called Zuppa, the eaterie is located on one of the city centre's main streets, the Calle de Atocha, and occupies a commercial space that was previously home to an Indian takeaway.
The informal dining area features steel frame furniture (above) and a central oak table (top image)
The 127-square-metre restaurant offers a menu of street food and homemade soups, which can be taken to go or eaten inside of a small, informal dining area.
Plantea Estudio restored the original storefront, which had been altered by the previous owners, and installed bespoke pivoting doors with frames made of plywood and iron, and topped with marble handles. Built-in benches are paired with wooden stools and steel tables
For the interior, the firm said it selected materials in "light and warm tones" to create a feeling of continuity and make the space appear larger.
Although similar in colouring, the materials were chosen for their different textural qualities, with micro-cement and plywood boards forming the walls and floors while chipboard was used to panel the ceiling.

"The light from the outside envelops them in such a way, that the limits between one and the other blur and the space is expanded to the maximum," explained the architects.
The space is anchored by a large communal table
In contrast to the soft ...