Abra is a patisserie inspired by Bauhaus in Paris
Abra is a Parisian PatisserieDesigned by Chef Tal Spiegel, with a lively interior designed by Ron from the architect Nicolas Frances. The material and color palette draw on the Bauhaus and modernist precedent. Ron from Celad's surfaces in Wood And combines it with strong accents in primary blue, red and yellow, creating a contrast between heat and graphic clarity. The patterned tile floor introduces repetition and depth, while shelves along the wall adhesive and geometric objects that align the project with ideas for modularity and composition.
The project defines this conceptual framework by a deliberate division of the room and shifted from the conventions of the display, in which the windows are usually filled with richly decorated cakes, and instead reduces the focus to a number of individual objects. Each pastry is positioned in such a way that it is almost read as a prototype, which invites the comparison with design processes and not with a culinary surplus.
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The shop frames the trip from kitchen to the street
The hotel is located on Rue des Bad Boy in Paris, Abra Pastry shop is organized in two clear zones, divided into a compact retail on the street and in a functioning kitchen behind the partition. Ron from And Nicolas Frances Install a semicircular aperture between the two rooms, which act both as a window and as a frame so that the pastries remains visible, while the display surface acts directly as a threshold between production and consumption.
The overall impression has a space that treats food and design as parts of the same process. The shop is small, but carefully structured, with the openness of the glazed facade on one side and on the other side of the framed view of the kitchen.
Abra is a Parisian patisserie designed by Chef Tal Spiegel
Color, material and process form The experience of the visitor
Bauhaus and modernist references are readable in the limited range of primary blue, red and yellow, which is layered against a white backdrop, warm wooden cabinets and metal details. The geometric repetition in the patterned tiles under your feet and in the framed graphics on the wall gives the room a rhythm and creates a space that feels warm and inviting, but also has curiosity.
The Street View is rooted by the project in the city, while the open laboratory window invites visitors to look behind the scenes. It is a place where you can enjoy pastries, but can also examine how they are done and what they mean.
The interior is organized in two clear zones