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A cup of coffee with latte art on a black bar mat beside cutlery.

Project 02 — Bar & Kitchen

Barra Lumbre

Cumbayá, EcuadorDesign & Experience / Operations

Project
02
Year
2025
Location
Cumbayá, Ecuador
Category
Bar & Kitchen
Altamira
Design & Experience / Operations

A coffee and bar program designed around one long counter, where the back bar is the architecture.

01The place

The place

A former workshop with a single long wall. We gave it one gesture: a nine-metre counter.

A trio playing guitar, cello and clarinet.
02The challenge

The challenge

Opening from zero: concept, space, team, suppliers and systems in fourteen weeks.

Cooks and service staff working a buffet line as guests are served.
03The approach

The approach

Concept and operation were designed together, so that the bar stations dictated the drawings, not the other way around.

04The operation

The operation

Mise en place by station, prep lists linked to forecasts, and a back bar organised by speed of service.

05 — The experience

A room that feels effortless at full capacity.

A trio playing guitar, cello and clarinet.
Cooks and service staff working a buffet line as guests are served.
Guests gathering around a buffet table under a timber pergola.

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Pérgola