Visitors to Filandón, a restaurant in Madrid, meet a glass greenhouse before they reach the dining room. The building, part of this glass greenhouse, does not grow the restaurant’s vegetables. It sells them, along with other produce from the restaurant’s supply chain.
Inside the glass greenhouse restaurant madrid shop
The vegetables and greens come from Granja de los Monjes, the restaurant’s own farm in El Bierzo. The farm sits far from the city, but its harvest now reaches customers at the restaurant itself. Shoppers here can see the produce before they decide what to take home.
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The shelves also hold preserves from Pescaderías Coruñesas and liqueurs from Lhardy.
Fresh produce sits in baskets and bowls on circular pedestals of natural bronze near the entrance. Trenchs Studio designed the pedestals to move, so staff can rearrange them as the offer changes. The display shifts with the harvest instead of staying fixed.
A traditional greenhouse shape, updated
Trenchs Studio based the building on traditional European greenhouses, drawing on a long tradition of greenhouse architecture. The structure uses aluminum profiles with a pitched glass roof and slim framing. The silhouette is familiar, and it tells passersby what the building is for.
Olive-green wooden blinds run across the roof. The design draws on alicantina-style blinds, which can be adjusted to control how much sunlight enters the space. The blinds can be changed through the day and across the seasons, so the shop can respond to light as the year goes on.
Inside, the table organizes the room
A large table of wood and natural stone sits near the center of the room. It works as a display surface and a service counter at once. Its position divides the room between browsing and buying without any interior walls.
The floor is dark wood laid in a herringbone pattern. Against the glass roof, it gives the room a warm base that matches the wood and stone above it.
At the back, an oak unit in a warm tobacco tone holds preserves and packaged goods. Focused lighting picks out the jars and packs and keeps the glass-and-metal enclosure from feeling cold. The fixed oak piece anchors the room, while the movable bronze pedestals handle the fresh food.
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Ricard Trenchs, creative director of Trenchs Studio, told The New Habitat on 5 March 2025 that interior designers now act as consultants. In his account, they must serve the needs of the user and the logic of the business at the same time. The Filandón shop follows that approach, with its layout built around both the product and the people buying it.
The restaurant greenhouse puts the restaurant’s supply chain on view at the front door. The exterior displays introduce the shop’s purpose before anyone steps inside. The building makes that link visible, and it gives customers a direct way to buy what they have just seen.
Photography is by Javier Bravo. Design is by Trenchs Studio, with Ricard Trenchs as creative director, Wenceslao Calero as project manager and Omar Gonzalez as collaborator. The client is Filandón restaurant, and the furniture and lighting were custom-made for the project.
Source: contemporist.com
Frequently asked questions
Where do the vegetables sold at Filandón’s glass greenhouse come from?
The vegetables and greens come from Granja de los Monjes, the restaurant’s own farm in El Bierzo. The farm is far from Madrid, but its harvest is sold at the restaurant’s glass greenhouse shop.
Who designed the Filandón glass greenhouse shop in Madrid?
Trenchs Studio designed the shop, with Ricard Trenchs as creative director, Wenceslao Calero as project manager, and Omar Gonzalez as collaborator. The client was the Filandón restaurant.
Why are the bronze pedestals at Filandón’s shop designed to move?
Trenchs Studio designed the circular natural bronze pedestals to be moved, so staff can rearrange them as the offer changes. This lets the produce display shift with the harvest instead of staying fixed.
What do the olive-green wooden blinds on the Filandón greenhouse roof do?
The olive-green wooden blinds run across the roof and can be adjusted to control how much sunlight enters the space. They can be changed throughout the day and across the seasons.
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