The Gran Caffè Torino is located near the central station of Palermo, at the corner of Via Roma and Via Torino, from which it takes its name. The Bora chair and stool is featured throughout creating an Alfresco feel inside.
The choice of materials, shapes and colors is therefore the result of the explicit desire to recreate an elegant city lounge, where residents and tourists could perceive the quality of the products, finding themselves in an evocative and original location worthy of their name.
The use of the micro-perforated sheets in pastel green that run through all the rooms seems to recreate the parapets above the counter, certainly becoming the common thread of the project.
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Puccio Collodoro Architetti
The analysis of the context allowed us to develop a specific design concept, evoking the romantic style that characterized the neighborhood in the early 1900s.
The same sheet is applied in the antique pink variant on the back wall of the tea room, emphasizing the logo positioned above and acting as a head element.
Credit: Archello.com / Story by PUCCIO COLLODORO ARCHITETTI
