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Ainthinai Projects
Apurva Sweets, Madampakkam, trading

Food service

Apurva Sweets, Madampakkam

1,400 sqft of sweet shop where the display run, the tasting point and the back-of-house stock flow had to be planned as one movement.

  • 1400
    Sqft
  • 24
    Completed
  • 01
    Floor
  • 01
    Contract, design and build
  • 00
    Days late

01 · The shell we were given

The counter is the shop, so the counter was drawn first.

A sweet shop is a queue with a display attached. The counter run, the tasting point and the billing position were set as one sequence, then the storage and replenishment route was drawn behind it so stock never crosses the customer.

Colour and material were chosen to carry the brand and to make the product the brightest thing in the room. Seating and standing room were sized to the peak festival crowd, not the average weekday.

Apurva Sweets, Madampakkam, bare shell at handover

Fig. 01 · Week 0, as handed over

02 · Programme achieved

The construction programme

Shell handover, survey
Demolition, making good
Electrical infrastructure
Partitions, substrate
Extract, make-up air
Flooring, wall finishes
Kitchen equipment set
Counter joinery
Second fix, signage
Commissioning, food trials
Snagging, handover
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Weeks · Ochre bars are on the critical path

03 · Trading

Apurva Sweets, Madampakkam, trading
Apurva Sweets, Madampakkam, interior detail 1
Apurva Sweets, Madampakkam, interior detail 2

A shop that holds a festival-day crowd, keeps replenishment out of the customer's way, and puts the product first.

04 · Record

Client
Apurva Sweets
Location
Madampakkam, Chennai
Scope
Design and build, retail food
Area
1,400 sqft
Programme
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Completed
2024

Enquiry

Send us the shell drawing and the opening date.