State Coffee Co. Espresso Bar
Architects: Lab4 architects
Official Website: www.lab4architects.com
Lead Architect: Harris Souliotis
Project Team: Georgios Gougoulakis, Manos Skoulas, Thanasis Betsios
Project Year: 2019
Location: Agria, Greece
Photography: Kostas Kroustallis
Sitting adjacent to the Aegean Sea, a 90sq.m. espresso bar embodies the latest addition to renowned Greek coffee chain stores, State Coffee Co.
Lab4 architects drew inspiration from the New York espresso bars of the ’30s. Emulating many navy style features, they intended to draw references to the lower Manhattan seaport neighborhoods where espresso habits flourished in the beginnings of the previous century.
Organizing the whole layout in a parallel direction to the seaside street, with an orientation to an amazing view, the architects subdivided the space into three basic zones. The first one is the coffee production zone which accumulates all the auxiliary spaces, the second one is the interior take away zone while the third one is the semi-outdoor dine-in space with customers’ seating.
