The designers envision Asterix Café as a flagship destination that challenges café design conventions. While coffee culture often associates with warm, pastel tones, Asterix dares to be different by embracing darkness as its defining aesthetic. Designed by UrbanNest Design Studio, the bespoke cafe is a bold experiment in creating a multi-functional, community centric space where the depth of black, layered with raw textures and sculpted forms, becomes the canvas for experience.
This Bespoke Cafe Is A Bold Experiment In Layered Raw Textures And Sculpted Forms | UrbanNest Design Studio
At its heart, the design celebrates seamlessness punctuated with moments of contrast. The ground floor, anchored by the barista counter in white terrazzo plaster, introduces a striking visual focal point.
Set against a backdrop of pine wood panels finished in matte black, the counter exudes both purity and intensity. “The staff displays merchandise and specialty brews like art objects, carefully orchestrating the light to reveal the natural grains and textures of the materials.”
The bespoke cafe unfolds as a journey across scales and moods. Outdoors, an amphitheatre links the café to the pickleball courts, creating a fluid social threshold where visitors can sip coffee while engaging with sport.
“Inside, designers created the ground floor for coffee aficionados—intimate yet dynamic—while the first floor becomes a versatile cultural venue, hosting standup shows, screenings, exhibitions, and coffee events.”
“The designers built flexibility into the space with movable furniture, a stage, and a double-height void linking both levels.”
The design narrative draws from the metaphor of a cave raw, undulating, and sculpted by subtraction. This concept breaks away from orthogonal rigidity, introducing organic forms that disrupt symmetry and invite discovery.
“The first-floor ‘cave corner,’ with its live-edge table and log lighting, embodies the blend of primitivism and sophistication.”
Materiality defines Asterix. A bold black-and-grey palette is enriched by finishes like beaten metal, brushed bronze, concrete, pine, terrazzo, and raw stone.
“Black adds depth and drama, with each surface reacting uniquely to light.” This interplay of light and shadow mirrors the complexity of specialty coffee itself layered, nuanced, and bold.
Architecturally, the café asserts itself as an iconic black form. The aluminum clad façade, paired with black Kadapa stone flooring and a sloping brown roofline, ensures instant recognition. “The structure serves as both shelter and symbol, its geometry defining the brand as boldly as its logo.”
Asterix Café is a bold, experimental hub where coffee, community, and performance unite.
By embracing darkness, the project transforms the café into a space for immersion, intensity, and connection—not just consumption.
Fact File
Designed by: UrbanNest Design Studio
Project Type: Restaurant Architecture Design
Project Name: Asterix Café
Location: Adalaj, Gujarat
Year Built: 2025
Site Area: 10,000 Sq.ft.
Project Size: 3,000 Sq.ft
Principal Architects: Ar. Jhanavi Parikh & Ar. Jugal Bhatt
Team Design Credits: Jhanavi Parikh, Jugal Bhatt, Aakansha Dad, Arpita Shah, Darshan Gajjar, Gautami Mahaldar, Ayushi Bhatt, Kailash Jangid, Dviti Patel & Anmol Pandya
Photograph Courtesy: Umang Shah
Interior Styling: Ar. Kanan Shah
Videography by: Ridham Gajjar Films
Firm’s Website Link: UrbanNest Design Studio
Firm’s Instagram Link: UrbanNest Design Studio
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