Raus Café

Raus is a coffee shop founded by two friends who met at college and saw an opportunity to bring a comfortable and cozy space to the academic environment, which would create a connection with homely elements, giving the user the feeling of being at home. Flexibility, self-service, and sustainability have always been the brand's main pillars. Bringing the brand's concepts, Superlimão created a central island where the machine is accessible so that the customer can operate it. The Honest Market concept appears through self-service, present from the moment of choosing products for immediate consumption, through operating the coffee machine, to payment. Consumers have free access to the available products, being able to pick up, pay, and take away. Thus, the layout was created in such a way as to keep the flow of customers and employees as fluid and comfortable as possible. The perimeter counters were used to display product areas, refrigerators, and self-service checkout. The table area was distributed throughout the garden surrounding the café. With sustainability in mind, the entire project was parameterized, seeking to optimize the use of materials and facilitate assembly. The shapes of the central and perimeter islands, as well as the shape of the roof, were studied so that assembly would be possible by fitting them together, like a large jigsaw puzzle. All the pieces were laser-cut on the CNC, pre-assembled in the factory and reassembled on site. This process allowed formal freedom and at the same time a great use of materials. Wall panel panels were used on the tops and on some sides of the counters because they are more resistant to humidity and maintenance. The sunlight in the kiosk area was very intense and was a major concern from the outset. To solve this issue, a structure was developed for the roof that functions as a large pergola, which protects against direct sunlight but allows light to pass through.