
Battisti Cafè | Bar Interior Design | Piacenza
BATTISTI CAFÈ | PIACENZA, LARGO BATTISTI
Bar interior design · 25 sqm
Bar interior design in Piacenza city centre: good things come in small packages. Twenty-five square metres in the heart of the historic centre, steps from Piazza Cavalli. A bar that was already there: anonymous, forgettable, and is now somewhere people want to stay.
Bar interior design: the project
There was no brief. The space existed but had no identity, no character, no reason to be remembered. VANDA transformed it completely: same footprint, entirely different place. The challenge was not just aesthetic but spatial: twenty-five square metres that needed to work from breakfast through to after dinner, absorbing a practically unstoppable flow of people throughout the day without ever feeling cramped.
The black ceiling
The defining move of the project is the black ceiling. In a space this small, convention would suggest keeping everything light and bright. We did the opposite. The dark vault creates a depth that expands the room rather than compressing it: the eye travels upward and loses itself, and the space feels larger than it is. It is one of those counterintuitive design decisions that only works when you commit to it completely.
The details
Every element is deliberate. The bottle rack was built from reclaimed gas pipes: functional, unexpected, entirely its own thing. Vintage pieces, carefully sourced, give the space a personality that could not have been bought off a catalogue. The Campari sign, the exposed shelving, the warm lighting, together they create an atmosphere that is hard to define and impossible to replicate. Since it opened in 2017, Battisti has met with the approval of the many people who occupy it at all hours of the day.
| Client | Battisti Cafè |
| Location | Piacenza, Largo Battisti |
| Year | 2017 |
| Area | 25 sqm |
| Scope | Bar interior design |
| Studio | VANDA Designers |
Luci: Muselli Officine Luce
Foto Credits: Valentina Elmiger
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Category: INTERIOR DESIGNRestaurant and Bar Design