Diemme Die Multifunktionale Akademie by Edoardo Gherardi

Diemme Die Multifunktionale Akademie by Edoardo Gherardi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Bronze in Innenraumdesign Competition Category.

BronzeInnenraum· 2022

Diemme Die Multifunktionale Akademie

by Edoardo Gherardi

Client: Gherardi architetti

A' Design Award in Bronze Winner in Innenraum Category

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The Design

About Diemme Die Multifunktionale Akademie

Diemme ist eine Kaffeerösterei mit Sitz in Padua und weltweit sehr aktiv. Ihre Forschung und Qualität kommen im Konzept der Akademie zum Ausdruck, einer völlig neuen Struktur, die verschiedene Seelen vereint: gleichzeitig ein Ausstellungsraum, eine zertifizierte Schulungsschule für Bediener und ein Ort der Kaffeeforschung. Ziel war es, einen Raum mit vielen Inhalten zu schaffen. Das Projekt ist in Arbeitsbereiche unterteilt, die durch einige hölzerne Totems und Glaswände mit unterschiedlichem Grad der Selbstbeobachtung unterteilt sind. Das hohe Niveau an technologischen Systemen wurde bewusst ausgeblendet, um den Kaffee zum Protagonisten zu machen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Bronze

Diemme Die Multifunktionale Akademie ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Bronze, einer hochprestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für herausragende Designs, die sich durch Kreativität, Einfallsreichtum und Scharfsinn auszeichnen. Bronze-Gewinner sind reichlich geschickte und auffallend kreative Artefakte, die die große Erfahrung, Fantasie und Findigkeit ihrer Designer belegen. Von Diemme Die Multifunktionale Akademie wird erwartet, dass es ein hochgeschätztes, bewundertes und geliebtes Objekt ist, das bemerkenswert professionell und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Bronze prämierte Design verkörpert bewährte Verfahren in Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie und ist hervorragend in seiner Liebe zum Detail. Diemme Die Multifunktionale Akademie befriedigt Bedürfnisse auf großartige Weise, berührt Wünsche, bezaubert Gefühle und spricht die Neugier an.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Diemme Caffè is a coffee roasting company in Padua, very active worldwide. Its research and product development qualities are expressed in the concept of Diemme Academy, a completely new structure that condenses different souls. It is at the same time a showroom for customers and a worldwide certified training school for operators in the sector. At the same time it is a place for research on coffee and the world of food.
Dimensions & Packaging: 600 m2
Tags: Steel, Metal, Wood, Stone, Glass, Interior
Production Technology: The project integrates the technological systems through the wooden totems and the false ceiling. The latter was conceived as a complex element, in which the various systems are inserted: lighting, sound, gas detection, fire, audio-video, alarm and air conditioning.
The video installations at the entrance and along the path are integrated into the furnishings and are an important communication tool, together with the graphics specially designed for the Academy. The project materials are three: wood for the furnishings and totems, glass for the partitions, metal for the worktops and the internal patio.
Design Challenge: The Academy is located inside the company headquarters, on the first floor.
Gherardiarchitetti intervened in advanced rough, the curved facade and the floors had already been built. The project has a very strong technical component, which is not exhibited. For this reason, the false ceiling was conceived as a complex technological system, in which all the systems are inserted. The space is divided by glass walls and opaque wooden totems, which place the work space at the center.
Research: The goal was to create a space with many contents that would allow the Diemme roaster to best express its research character in the quality of coffee and as a global operator. For this reason, a space full of meanings was imagined, organized around a central path, which tells the story of the company, which is a place of aggregation and exhibition and from which all the work areas can be seen. In fact, the project is structured in work areas divided by glass walls, with different degrees of introspection (bartender room, brewing room, roasting room, automatic machine room, packaging room, food & beverage room). The high level of technological systems was deliberately hidden, because all the spaces are aimed at preparing coffee and selecting the best blends.
The Academy is not just a place for training and research, but it can host international competition.
Inspiration: The Academy is organized in a sequence of spaces, which have at their center the world of coffee and the equipment for its processing.
The project has a very strong technical component, even if not revealed, to make way for clean volumes rather than an exhibited technology. The space was organized through lacquered wood totems that act as technical knots. With the exception of them, the different work areas have been divided with glass walls and integrated furniture.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2018 and ended in February 2019
Operation Flow: The Academy is a complex space, which gathers many functions: professional training, showroom, international competitions and the core of the company. For this reason the spaces are multifunction: the bartender room and the brewing room can be used together or separated by a retractable glass wall; the roastery room houses the Gisen roaster, but it can be completely darkened and illuminated by a red light to analyse the coffee; the central space tells the story of the company, but is also a commercial and a meeting place.
Team Members: Project: Edoardo Gherardi
Project manager: Monica Martini
Team: Stefania Albanese
Image Credits: Photo Marco Zanta
Images Gherardiarchitetti