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mancini enterprises: mocha – mojo


'mojo - mocha' by mancini enterprises, chennai, india
images courtesy of mancini enterprises


designed by the indian studio mancini enterprises, mocha – mojo is a coffeehouse in chennai with seating for 110.
adopting the early modernists' philosophy of creating beauty through purity, the interior refers to the era's
reduction of functionalist objects as well as the intensity of its color field paintings.

each layer was generated in 3D, then issued to the site level by level –
a simple process inviting an immediate visual satisfaction similar to the childhood joy of playing with legos.  
























site rendering



concept sketch


project team: niels schoenfelder, bharath ram, v.s. aneesh, r. velu, sangeetha patrick, natasha jeyasingh

joyce db
06.05.11  
2
..great idea and clean execution..the space has quite a startling effect..
but im afraid its going to become a maintenance nightmare with the dust of the 'third world' settling on ideas imported from the 'first world'...
a sensitive indian   06.06.11
I would probably bump into something every sec. Ouch
billcanada   06.07.11

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