CARPO

London

This is the largest store of the chain located in central London. It is developed over 3 levels: ground floor, the main sales area, mezzanine with ancillary areas and transit and 1st floor seating area with bar service.  

The intention was to create an innovative store that would combine the sale of oven roasted nuts in the store, serving fresh coffee and bakery products, dried fruit and handmade chocolate as well as presenting the products in an original way. An effort was made to create a space with clearly separated functional zones on the one hand, but also with a sense of freedom and variety in both the placement of furniture and the combination of materials and colors on the other.

Product packaging materials were used as scenography and decoration of the space (sacks, cans, bags, etc.). Two large chandelier-type pendant lights and two smaller ones and a suspended metal structure with rails were placed on the ground floor ceiling to illuminate the space.

P r o j e c t  d e t a i l s

Project: CARPO NUT STORE

Location: 10 Glasshouse Str., W1B 5AR London, United Kingdom

Architectural design: PALY Architects

Principal Architects: Nikos Lykoudis, Ismene Papaspiliopoulou

Design group: Eirini Tricha, Olga Koutroumanou, Ileana Toli, Filopimin Lykoudis, Konstantina Papathanasiou

Text: Nikos Lykoudis

Photography: Giannis Papadopoulos