筑梦并不容易,但这就是委托。是的,像往常一样,但那一次是前所未有的。

Building a dream is not easy, but that was the commission. Yes, as usual, but that time it was like never before.

我们必须翻新一栋旧建筑,以便创造一个完全用于巧克力的空间。那是巧克力制造商Jordi的甜蜜梦想。我们必须用情感、隐喻和幽默感来完成它……。我们必须达到复活节蛋糕和鸡的水平!

We had to renovate an old building in order to create a space entirely devoted to chocolate. That was the sweet dream of Jordi, the chocolate maker. We had to do it with emotion, with metaphors, with a sense of humour… We had to be at the level of Easter cakes and chickens!

我们进入一个梦境,越过桥梁,我们把所有的烦恼都抛在脑后,我们准备好相信幸福。我们毫不怀疑,熔化的巧克力从工作间流出来,直到浓缩在商店出售的成品中。

We enter a dream, crossing the bridge, we leave all the troubles behind and we get ready to believe in happiness. We have no doubt that molten chocolate flows out of the workroom until it is concentrated in the finished product sold in the shop.

我们在地下室品尝它的甜味,这里曾经是咸鳕鱼的旧仓库–几乎没有人记得这个事实;等待甜点的时间太长了…… 我们上到工作间,当楼梯被灯光淹没时,我们见到了Jordi,他向我们解释为什么这一切让他如此高兴。

We taste its sweetness in the basement, which used to be an old storehouse for salted cod – a fact hardly anyone remembers; too much time waiting for desserts… We go up to the workroom, and when the stairs get flooded with light, we meet Jordi, who explains to us why all this makes him so happy.

在广场上,在天使的保护下,我们发现了门面:这是在巧克力制作中使用的巧克力瓦片模具。在它的后面,有一个垂直的空间,它是在努力连接建筑的五个层面的过程中诞生的。为了实现这一目标,我们依靠楼梯和它在视觉上的无所不在,以及通过不同的空隙,将低层的三个楼层垂直连接起来。

At the square, protected by its angel, we discover the facade: it is the chocolate tile moulds used in chocolate making. Behind it, there is a vertical space that was born out of the effort to connect the five levels of the building. To achieve this, we rely on the staircase and its visual omnipresence as well as on the different passing gaps that link vertically the three lower levels.

在这个项目中,所有的东西都是特别设计的:从建筑的部分到品尝区的椅子或巧克力瓷砖。这是一个全球性的、引人入胜的项目,对我们这些品尝过的人来说,结果是非常令人上瘾的。

Everything has been specially designed in this project: from the section of the building to the chairs in the tasting area or the chocolate tiles. It is a global and absorbing project, which turned out to be very addictive for us, who have tasted it!

Architects: Arnau estudi d’arquitectura
Year : 2015
Photographs :Marc Torra Ferrer
City:OLOT
Country:Spain