Boucherie-Grill Store | Podikas Technical Company

In one of the oldest commercial regions of Agrinio, next to the tobacco warehouse of the early 20th century which stands as one of the symbols of the city, the main aim was to design a contemporary boucherie, while keeping intact in terms of design the basic characteristics of tradition. The design solution was given aiming to eradicate every inconsistence of the shape of the existed floor plan.

The client is the successor of a family business dating from 1920, and owner of an organic farm several kilometers away from the store. The history on high quality meat and corn of the owner was one of the foundation stones of design.

In particular, history translates into Time, the metallic tools which are used in the farm rust through the passage of time, thus rust itself is conceived as a trademark of tradition. For this reason, perforated metallic panels were used for the exterior while the particular color of rust was achieved with natural process, placed under the sun for approximately 20-30 days. As the primary wood, mahogany was selected and was knitted using different color variations.

At the same time, several other key factors were taken into consideration, like the age of the building and old brown aluminum frames of the apartments above, while the existence of two main facades were unified with the use of the panels which act as a garment.

In terms of interior, the main aim was to achieve a high level of ergonomic design both for the customers and the people working inside, thus each element was carefully placed dividing the client-personnel region to almost fifty-fifty percentage of cover area.

The client wanted the construction of 3 separate rooms with different temperatures, averaging -10 C to 5 C, for meat storage and processing with the need to import from a 3rd exterior door the meat and quickly be able to process it. This was achieved with the design of a steel rail on the ceiling. The design of a dry-aged chamber for meat was achieved with the use of Himalayan salt bars, and stainless steel.