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      Masquespacio designs colour-blocked burger joint in Turin

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      Spanish design agency Masquespacio has created the interiors of Italian fast food chain Bun’s Turin branch that combines blocks of pink and green with a blue seating area designed to look like a swimming pool.

      Bun Turin is a burger joint that takes its bold identity from the first Bun restaurant in Milan, which was also designed by Masquespacio.
      “This restaurant’s target customer is the urban lifestyle of people born late in the Millennium and the new Generation Z,” Masquespacio co-founder Christophe Penasse told Dezeen.
      The burger bar is in Turin
      Characterised by three distinct colourful areas, the burger joint uses pink, blue and green in order to playfully carve out different spaces in the restaurant.
      The sections are designed so that the restaurant’s three large windows present each colour as a separate blocked out space from the outside.
      Green and pink sections feature in the restaurantUpon entering Bun Turin, visitors are greeted with an ordering bar and drinks and ice cream fridge coloured in a dusty sage shade of the restaurant’s trademark green.
      Lit-up digital menu boards with gold accents display the restaurant’s food options, while a version of the same neon burger logo found in Bun’s Milan branch glows from a nearby pillar.
      A neon burger sign glows from a pillarPink and blue are used for two different seating areas both complete with built-in furniture.
      In the pink area, a central table coloured partly in green straddles both the pink and green sections of the restaurant.
      Sugary-pink terrazzo steps that double as a planter lead visitors to seats tucked into arched booths in the pink seating area, which also houses the burger joint’s toilets.
      The pink seating area has terrazzo stepsBun Turin’s all-blue seating area is built from pale tiles that are designed to look like a swimming pool.
      The area features mock pool ladders which aim to give visitors the impression of floating in water while they eat.

      Masquespacio uses blocks of colour to break up interior of Milan burger joint

      “Once we defined Bun’s identity we developed the project in 3D,” said Penasse.
      “At the end of the process, we do a lot of trials to reach the correct combination of colours and materials,” continued the designer.
      “In this case, we had several options for colour combinations, all focussed on a younger audience.”
      The blue seating area resembles a swimming poolApart from tiles by Complementto, all of the furniture in Bun Turin was designed by Masquespacio.
      “It is important for clients that Bun spaces can be recognised wherever they are located,” explained Penasse.
      “For this reason, the design will evolve and be slightly different in each space, but maintain a clear identity.”
      Each section is revealed to the street by a large windowMasquespacio is a Valencia-based design agency founded in 2010 by Penasse and Ana Milena Hernández Palacios, known for its use of bright colour.
      Other recent projects by the studio include colour-blocked student housing in Bilbao, and a stucco and terracotta restaurant in the Spanish town of Aragon constructed from twisting shapes informed by the nearby Pyrenees mountains.
      Photography is by Gregory Abbate.

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      Masquespacio creates colour-blocked interiors for Bilbao student housing

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      Valencia-based creative studio Masquespacio has completed an open-plan colour-blocked interior with a community feeling for the Resa San Mamés student accommodation in Spain.The interior design for the Bilbao student residence was commissioned by student accommodation company Resa with the aim of letting its occupants “share experiences as a community”.

      Above: Resa student accommodation by Masquespacio. Top: furniture on wheels allows users to define the space
      Masquespacio created an open-plan design for the 1,850 square-metre building, which has studios for 351 residents and provides spaces for studying, socialising, meeting and dining.
      “The client highlighted that they wanted to create a community and strong connection point between the residents of the new Resa,” Masquespacio co-founder and marketing director Christophe Penasse told Dezeen.

      Yellow zoning defines the lounge area

      The bold and colourful interior used vibrant greens paired with millennial pinks, lavender and hot pinks, while soft furnishings and partitions were used to define zones within the space.
      “Using the technique of colour blocking we obtained a strong visual impact for the space and at the same time we could create a clear distinction between each zone in this open space,” explained the studio.

      The kitchen features lavender tiling
      As well as accommodation, the building has a kitchen, a dining room, study rooms, leisure rooms, a gym and a terrace.
      Muted yellow covers the ceiling above the open kitchen, while lavender tiles are used as a backsplash.
      Wooden furniture with yellow accents surrounds the kitchen area, some of which is on wheels to allow users to reconfigure the space as they wish.

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      Millennial pink dining tables and chairs were placed against a green backdrop to define the dining space, which also features oversized steps that form amphitheatre-style seating to encourage group interaction.

      Pendant lighting is hung above millennial pink and green dining tables
      “We liked the idea of working with an open space and making a space specially focused on university students,” Penasse explained.
      “Offering them a lot of options to make their day at the residence a little bit more attractive, and at the same time help them to be more creative.”

      Oversized steps are used for seating
      The study areas of the residency employ acoustic glass walls to provide silence, but can be opened up to connect the study space with an adjacent lounge.
      Blue-painted brick adds texture to formal study spaces and red velvet curtains on circular tracks surround group study tables for additional privacy.
      Walls and services pipes were left unrendered and exposed to give the interior an industrial look.

      Blue-painted brick frames the study space and red curtains add privacy
      The studio explained that it envisioned the design for the Resa San Mamés as a free-flowing space that encourages the students themselves to determine how it is used.
      “A space where you don’t need to be in the study room to read a book, but just can sit into the launch area,” Penasse said. “A space where people share ideas, experiences and connect together.”

      Different coloured tables and chairs define areas for seating
      The colour-blocking theme was continued through to the outdoor terrace, where green picnic tables sit within a green-zoned area while different shades of blue signal other areas of seating.
      Masquespacio was founded in 2010 by Ana Milena Hernandez Palacios and Christophe Penasse who combined their disciplines in interior design and marketing to create a design agency that works across media, design, fashion and lifestyle.
      Dezeen has previously featured the studio’s colourful design for this co-working space in Valencia and also this colour-clashing interior for a phone-repair shop.
      Photography is by Masquespacio.

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