Integrating the retail and the street experience, the architect uses an “urban mirror” to reflect the pastries for passersby. Over the course of the day, the urban mirror gradually changes its positioning with a manual process reflecting passersby instead of merchandise. The different reflections based on opening hours aim at extending the street into the store and vice versa.
Des Choux et Des Idees, Beirut
Program: pastry shop
Architect: Studio Etienne Bas – Etienne Bastormagi and Dana Muhsen
Collaborator: Lucile Abi Chebl
Area: 20 sqm
Completion: 2017