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BEANHAUS COFFEE ROASTERS

Posted on February 24, 2015January 24, 2016 by xo in ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN, FURNITURE, INTERIOR

Year: 2014 – 2015
Location: Paphos
Status: Completed
Client: E.P.A.P Coffee Craft l.t.d | Beanhaus Coffee Roasters
Activity : Coffee Roasters
Type: Interior | Furniture Design
Collaborators: S.P.C. Metal l.t.d, Tsappas Woodworks, Renos + Christos Karamanis, K.S. Socratous l.t.d, KHS Thermocool l.t.d, Alutech Alluminium l.t.d, Stella Nicodemou – graphic design, Noma Advertising Studio, Nadia Psaltis – Droushioti.
Photography: XO, Creative Photo Room

Beanhaus is a small artisan micro coffee roaster but also a space dedicated to coffee education for both professional baristas and home brewers. It is a unique space based right in the center of Paphos and it focuses on the education of specialty coffee, serving as workshop, classroom, boutique store and event space.

In addition to training professional baristas and passionate home brewers in the fundamentals of preparing and serving coffee, the space hosts professional coffee related seminars but also functions as a coffee boutique where not only you can buy freshly roasted coffee but also any coffee related equipment from Chemex Coffeemakers to moka pots.

The space was approached in a quite minimal and straight forward manner. It was arranged in such a way to separate but at the same time highlight the different functions that take place within it using natural materials and colors but at the same time a bit of little tension using contrasts such as the turquoise wall on the back.

The welcome area features the main element, a long bar clad with metal sheets and topped with a solid pine wood counter. At the same time, you can take a gaze where all the products are exhibited on the beautifully symmetrical shelf or sit momentarily while reading a magazine on roasting!

Separated from the welcome area and shop is the workshop, education and production area. There you can see the pride of the shop, the roasting machine! The U-shape table-counter enables instructors to lecture and demonstrate during seminars and tastings on both sides of the room. The two spaces, shop and workshop are intermediately linked allowing a continuous flow of movement, smell, vision and light throughout the space.

All of the furniture were custom made and designed to fit the needs and particularity of the space.

A taste of Beanhaus Coffee Roasters – under process palette

Awarded 1st prize for the REFORMATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE MOUTTALOS DISTRICT in Paphos

Posted on January 26, 2015September 18, 2017 by xo in ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN, URBANISM & PLANNING

Year: 2015-
Location: Paphos, Cyprus
Client: Pafos Municipality
Activity : Public Spaces
Type: Architectural Competition [Awarded 1st prize]
Status: Under Construction
Team
Competition: Chryso Onisiforou [XO Architects], Iliana Socratous [SIGMA & Co.] and Aris Stefani Vargas
Design Development & Construction: Chryso Onisiforou [XO Architects] & Iliana Socratous [SIGMA & Co.]
Consultants: Yiannikos_Associates / Georgios Yiannikos – Civil Engineer, Tereza Panayiotou – Electrical Engineer, Costas Tourvas -Mechanical Engineer, Nikolas Onisiforou – Quantity Surveyor.
Contractor: Miltiades Neophytou Civil Engineering Contractors & Developers Ltd

The architectural competition focused on the restoration and enhancement of the district of Mouttalos, Paphos-CY, with certain spacial meta-formations (morphological and functional) in-order to be integrated in the urban, social and economic fabric of the city.

Selected key points in the region of Mouttalos with a targeted urban architecture and high level intervention can change and revitalize the image of the region while creating the necessary synergies for the future.

The upscale neighborhood will provide the residents of viable living conditions, employment, recreation and social life while on the other hand it will attract visitors to a historical walk-through and a vivid memory lesson.

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Commendation – Architectural Competition – Re-construction and Re-Use of the Old Chani of Ibrahim in Paphos-CY

Posted on October 16, 2014January 24, 2016 by xo in ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN, URBANISM & PLANNING

Year: 2014
Location: Paphos, Cyprus
Activity : Public Space
Type: Architectural Competition [Commendation-Έπαινος]
Team: Chryso Onisiforou, Charis Petrou, Christiana Karagiorgi and Ifigenia Neofytou
Consultants: Georgios Yiannikos – Civil Engineer

The context of the ‘Chani of Ibrahim competition’ was the re-construction and re-use of the old Khan and was organized by the Paphos Municipality within the framework of the 2017 Paphos European Capital of Culture.

Structures like the Khan are decedents of buildings once called Caravan Serai and were located on the ‘ancient’ silk road all over Asia. They were used as shelters for traders and their animals, travelers and merchants. During centuries of cultural and political changes these buildings were slowly relocated, first at the outlines of the cities and later in their center. Inevitably, Khans located in the core of the city transformed into live and busy public spaces.

Our proposal uses the element of the thread (νήμα) as the basis of the design concept, recognizing its’ semantic value in the development of the ‘ancient’ societies. The ‘threads’ of the ‘silk road’ are used as stitches in an invisible weaving pattern between history and contemporary urban re-use. In this manner, a ‘textile’ is created that introduces guides and shadows while it creates alternate atmospheres, triggering the senses of the user. The textile stands between the austere structure of the warp and the chaos of a bundle of threads. The ‘threads’ take the form of tangled metal wires-poles. These elements create a light garment that connects our proposal with the existing building. Along the garment, climbing plants are used in-order to provide a cooling shelter during the hot summer days and sun penetration during winter.

The entire area of the Khan was treated as an open space with two distinct centers: the main central courtyard in which main public functions are held and the back courtyard which is mainly used for performance and cultural events.

The main entrance, introduces the user into a mesh corridor which channels into the main central space. Moving through the main courtyard, the user passes through the workshops and finally into the back enclosed yard. The mystical atmosphere of the back yard is enhanced by the addition of water running on the walls in memory of the past use of water as an element of quench and revitalization.

The outdoor meetings of the ‘ancient travelers and merchants’ under the shadows of the trees had a vital role in our design proposal. Our main goal was to create an outdoor space comfortable to the user all year long. The metal threads that permeate the site are the base for the climbing plants to grow and create an oasis within the city. Finally, the gesture of using ‘green’ as a tool in our design strategy merely suggests the future creation of a network of green spaces withing the fabric of the old town of Paphos: a city within a city!

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