Polpo Bar / Sofía Betancur

The project is located within the recently restored commercial passage El Parián, an eclectic-style building cataloged by the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL), whose name comes from the Tagalog "parian" which means "market" in Filipino. Open to the public in 1926, El Parián was the first shopping center in Colonia Roma. Polpo is a gastronomic bar that explores the concept of tapas. The spatial design is inspired by the historical typology of a market, where there is a dynamic atmosphere, a certain informality, and open kitchens to the public, which determine the use of space, with people standing and eating something quickly and moving on to the next thing.