Grounds
Grounds is a neighbourhood coffee hub and roastery tucked into an inner courtyard in Prague’s Karlín district.
The project brings serving, roasting, testing, education and work together in one compact interior, making the production of coffee visible as part of the everyday experience of the space.
A translucent two-level insert organises the different functions while allowing overhead daylight to travel through the interior. Coffee production occupies the deeper part of the plan, while the café faces the entrance. A suspended tangerine-coloured metal stair connects to an upper workspace, and the curved translucent enclosure creates smaller pockets for plants and informal use.
Typology
Interior / Gastro
Location
Prague, CZ
Client
Rusty Nails Coffee Roasters
Year
2020
Size
120 m²
Status
Built
Team
Alexandra Georgescu, Tomáš Kozelský, Viktor Odstrčilík, Kateřina Baťková, Josef Řehák, Kateřina Čenovská
Collaborators
DURO Design
About the project
The project was developed through hands-on construction with the community running the space. Around 80% of the interior was built using construction-site waste from a previously dismantled project, while recovered industrial lights, site-made concrete tables and bespoke elements turn reuse into both a material strategy and a way of making.
