Orsonero Coffee
A specialty coffee shop in Milan
A corner coffee bar near Porta Venezia: thirty square meters and three big windows.
A place with a simultaneously domestic and public atmosphere, characterized by the contrast between fir laths and okumé surfaces –adopted both for the furniture and the inclined partition wall. Welcoming and cosy, it is nevertheless tightly connected to the exterior, and it leans on its generous dehors. The granular concrete floor, similar to asphalt, perceptively unifies indoor and outdoor space, while the lowered bar marks the interior without neatly subdividing it: thresholds blur constantly.
In a similar way, the inclined partition loses its materiality as an illusive backdrop: its wooden struts grid deforms space, a sturdy yet light polycarbonate «giant order» panel slides freely, while a secret door is hidden between the okumé boards: the scene of a tiny urban stage.
