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Description

Halfway between the Principe Real garden and the Botanical Garden, we can find on the ground floor of an eighteenth century building the most specialized French pastry in the Portuguese capital: Poison d'Amour.

It was decided that the architecture should assume a role that dictated a discreet dialogue between the sum of light of all colours and the absence of colour (black and white), a scenario for a pageant of products that by itself are very colourful, i.e., a neutral environment so that the French patisserie could shine.

A belt was created, disconnected from all the original structure. All the elements, walls, ceilings and floors were painted matte black, leaving only the sight of the limestone stone cladding of the arc that is presented in the lobby. The immaculate white belt surrounds all spaces, creating a relation between the various compartments, and at the same time, supporting any kind of decorative intervention by the Customer. The belt allowed passing most of the infrastructure from behind, relying on the support structure of the belt, and avoiding any kind of demolition, thereby making the work faster and economical. All existing joinery was replaced by more slender steel profiles and without beams, establishing a stronger link between the interior and the exterior.

The pastry develops from a wide entrance hall, divided by an arch. Perpendicular to the façade is the balcony of products on Tiger Skin limestone. In this room we can admire the exhibition of products, from the petit gateau to the colourful macaroons, served in the tea room on the left. In the garden path we pass by the left side of the sanitary facilities, following the cafeteria and the respective counter also in Tiger Skin. From the cafeteria we can see the garden / terrace which stretches itself over the botanical garden.

The facings of sanitary facilities, changing rooms and storage are waterproof plasterboard and painted with washable enamel paint allowing greater cleaning and sterilization effectiveness. The floors areas used for circulation of customer are in painted screed and epoxy paint mate. The floors in the service areas (kitchen, storage room and dressing room) are in self-leveling epoxy with closings in half cane and plasterboard. The benches and counters are covered with limestone.

Biography

71 ARQUITECTOS is not an architecture studio but an experimental office. Each project is a living organism that runs thru several scenes until reaching the “best case scenario”, the finalized work. Accuracy, functionality and aesthetics are the “ground floor” of surety and the studio’s goal is to achieve more, much more, creating custom solutions for each detail and on each and every moment of the project. 71 ARQUITECTOS is not an architecture studio, is an office for everything implicit in architecture that influences what we call human behaviour.

EMANUEL JORGE ROMÃO was born in Palmela, Portugal, in 1976. In 2000 e initiated his architecture studies at Lusíada University, concluded in 2005. During his career he collaborated with several studios and architects, namely Mourão, Gabriela Gonçalves, Gonçalo Byrne and Geurts & Schulze architecten. Between 2000 and 2002 he was trainee at the studio of João Carrilho da Graça. Between 2007 and 2009 e collaborated with the architect Inês Lobo. In 2007 he co-founded the studio TURA touring architecture. In 2009 e initiated the studio 71 ARQUITECTOS. In 2009 he was invited to join the Madalena artistic collective.

PAULA LEMOS ROMÃO was born in Vuseu, Portugal, in 1976. In 1993 she begun studying in the field of Interior Design, in the Decorative Arts / Interior Architecture course of the Ricardo Espirito Santo Silva Superior School of Decorative Arts, concluded in 1997. In 2003 she started studying architecture at Lusíada University, concluding her degree in 2005. After her academic studies, she developed several projects in co-authorship. Between 1998 and 2009 she collaborated with the studio ARTICA ARQUITECTOS. In 2007 she co-founded the studio TURA touring architecture and in 2010 she joined the studio 71 ARQUITECTOS.