![Fugas Lusas / extrastudio - Table, Shelving, Chair](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5010/7be3/28ba/0d42/2200/21e1/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1419161137)
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Architects: extrastudio
- Area: 35 m²
- Year: 2007
Text description provided by the architects. The studio was commissioned to create a concept for a Portuguese delicacies shop that would also work as a café. Combining these two complementary functions required the creation of a unique space, that could be as extraordinary as the products the client was proposing to sell and as cozy as a neighborhood café.
![Fugas Lusas / extrastudio - Windows, Chair, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5010/7bdb/28ba/0d42/2200/21df/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1419161146)
The construction works started with the opening of a large shop window, exposing the café to the square, as a preview for a future terrace.
![Fugas Lusas / extrastudio - Table, Chair](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5010/7bfb/28ba/0d42/2200/21e7/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1419161145)
New shelves were carved on the thick exterior walls to display a wide range of products. The bar, clad with typical Portuguese ceramic tiles, divides the working areas from the public space. In the ceiling, laser cut plywood panels; duplicate the pattern used on the counter tiled walls.
![Fugas Lusas / extrastudio - Table, Chair, Shelving](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5010/7be9/28ba/0d42/2200/21e2/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1419161148)
The furniture is composed by a set of used hardwood chairs from the old assembly room of Setubal’s Fish Industry Union, together with tables with marble tops from Alentejo.
![Fugas Lusas / extrastudio - Image 3 of 20](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5010/7bf1/28ba/0d42/2200/21e4/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1419161141)