Café interior with a paper lantern, wooden cane chairs, a blue-edged counter and monochrome photos on the wall, 657 café

657 café

Interior design
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Gujarat
Client
Priya Chauhan
Area
750 Sqft
location
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Status
Completed

A community-first café in Ahmedabad where baking is the anchor and a 'non-design' palette of raw walls and mismatched furniture lets people shape the space.

Person reading a newspaper on a black sofa beside a floor lamp and a framed rug on a grey wall, 657 café
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Culture Before Consumption

657 is a space where community and culture take precedence over consumption. Designed as an evolving canvas, it works as a mini cultural hub hosting intimate gigs, meet-ups, conversations and reading sessions, a platform where people come together and shape their own experiences.

Round timber table with cane chairs beneath a paper lantern, with a sunlit window and sofa beyond, 657 café
Woman seated at a round table in a cane chair beside a sunlit window, 657 café
Corner seating area with a sofa, side table and framed rug under a paper lantern, 657 café
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Baking At The Centre

The café is an extension of its two young founders, both bakers, who see the space as a community rooted in the act of baking. Baking becomes the literal and symbolic centre around which interactions, exchanges and shared experiences unfold.

Street-facing window with a white line drawing of people at a table, seen from outside, 657 café
Cane chairs, a leather armchair and a plant against the grey wall with a framed rug, 657 café
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Non-Design Of The 60s

The design looks back at the cafés of the 1960s, spaces that reflected their owners rather than a conscious design. Grunge-textured walls, mismatched furniture and subtle blue accents create a raw, informal setting that lets the founders' personalities define the space.

Man reading on a stool beside a window painted with white line art, with greenery outside, 657 café
Blue folding chair and wooden stool in front of cream curtains and a line-drawn window, 657 café
Woman walking behind a glass window with a line-drawn sofa and a paper lantern inside, 657 café
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A Living Framework

657 is not a finished interior but a framework that continues to evolve with its users, with the design stepping back so the people who use it can keep reshaping it.

Reflections on glass over a seated woman, bookshelves and a framed rug, 657 café
Customers seated at timber tables with cane chairs beside a blue-edged ledge, 657 café
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Grey plastered wall with a handwritten menu roll, framed prints and a cane chair, 657 café
Cream curtain, round stool with books and a metal-framed chair beside a column and painted glass, 657 café
Narrow passage along the counter with cane stools and a skateboard on the floor, 657 café
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PROJECT TEAM

Photography – Hunny Awatramani

Project Team-Manuni, Aman, Rutika Contractor- Kalpvruksh Consultancy

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