{"id":3639,"date":"2025-08-19T10:30:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T10:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=3639"},"modified":"2025-08-22T15:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:19:09","slug":"vinklu-squeezes-tiny-cafe-between-buildings-in-bucharest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/19\/vinklu-squeezes-tiny-cafe-between-buildings-in-bucharest\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinklu squeezes tiny cafe between buildings in Bucharest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Romanian architecture studio Vinklu has squeezed a tiny cafe<\/a>, with a simple, pitched form that references Japanese roadside shrines, into the gap between two residential buildings in Bucharest<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Named The Chapel, the cafe was designed for local chain Boiler Coffee to occupy an “overlooked gap” on Bazilescu Street in the Romanian capital’s first district, with outdoor seating spilling out onto the street front.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Vinklu has added a tiny cafe between two buildings in Bucharest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Treating the cafe as a “sacred space for human connection and contemplation”, <\/span><\/span>Vinklu<\/a>‘s design was informed by the small roadside shrines and teahouses found in rural Japan.<\/p>\n

These references are reflected in a simple, steeply pitched structure with fully glazed ends that create a lantern-like effect at night.<\/p>\n

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The design references Japanese roadside shrines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The first site visit with my good clients and friends from Boiler Coffee was more than a year ago, with the project brief discussed being just trying to squeeze in something in that space that could be a coffee shop,” founder Stefan Pavaluta told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“Fast forward, my main intention was not to do another ‘container’ \u2013 its meaning had to go beyond its functionality or looks.”<\/p>\n

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Corrugated metal was used to clad the exterior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Thus, besides infusing a Japanese approach to the build, the main reference was the rural roadside chapel and shrines, past and present, that always go towards an archaic shape and get me to always turn my head passing by,” he added.<\/p>\n

To minimise disruption on the residential plot, the majority of the steel-framed structure was prefabricated before being assembled on-site, where it sits slightly elevated on steel feet and with a slim gap between it and the neighbouring buildings.<\/p>\n