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Plantea Estudio

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Designer
Plantea Estudio
Client
La Cultural Contemporánea
Floor area
720.00 ㎡
Completion
2018

The existing main cinema room has been transformed into a multifunctional space, illuminated during the day by the large skylight opened on the roof. On the screen there is a continuous projection of old films, but during the week there are other activities, especially live music. Under the big screen, a bar with a kitchen, and in front of it, the public sitting in the stands of plywood board, the fixed benches of iron pipe and cushions, the hammocks of pine and canvas or the swings of 11 meters high, arranged as a small public square with the screen and the bar as attention centers.

The old amphitheater has been converted into a film theater for 64 people, completely covered in dark red velvet and equipped with the best audiovisual systems. The benches and the auxiliary tables provide carefreeness and comfort, compared to traditional cinema.

Next to this room, the old snack bar has taken on the character of a cocktail bar, collected in a darker atmosphere, in which to be able to abstract from the movement of the plaza below.

The access passage is now an alley with a bench and tables, as an intermediate space between the street and the inner square, to have a drink or something to eat.

Plantea has designed environments ranging from the spontaneity of the restaurant and the passageway, to the sophistication of the cinema and the cocktail bar, dominated by velvet and red lights that tint the atmosphere and the public.

The intention has been to provide the available space with current uses with current materials and furniture, always in balance with the memory of the existing.