Convento tavern: the nerve center of this town, El Viso del Alcor, a small town in Sevilla, a place of crossroads and encounters: women on their way to the church, children play with the ball, romantic walks on summer nights, lemon slush and orange blossoms. There is room for everything here. In this tavern children still run in and reach the bar as best they can, to ask for a glass of water on their way home from school, a very village thing, which is unfortunately being lost.

"When I got this commission it was very exciting for me, to refurbish the village bar, in the center square, where I had grown up. And I don't call it that because this is a small town and it's the only bar in town. In fact, if there is one thing in this town, it is bars, but this one is special, it is the most central bar of the town and with the greatest tradition, in front of the Convent, a place that is the protagonist of Holy Week and where all the processions take place," says Alejandro Cateto.

The starting point was given in a natural way, this is a tavern " lifelong". Here we set out to rescue the natural materials and finishes of the classic Sevillian taverns, such as its wooden bar, the use of lime mortar and hydraulic tiles. Without forge????ng the classic demijohns. The earth colors connect us with the essence of the village, while the mixture with purple tones, links us with the Holy Week, and with the brotherhood of the neighboring convent.

At the level of detail, the old tavern had an endless number of pictures of Holy Week without any order or uniformity throughout the space, this is something very typical of the Sevillian taverns. Here we wanted to recover that detail but in a much more harmonious and orderly way, using a more contemporary and current form of exposure.

In addition we can find elements, such as candles, running through the different spaces and that connect us with that sacred, intimate and paused atmosphere, evoking the religious spaces around, creating a calm and serene atmosphere.

Team:
Interior Architect: Cateto Cateto
Photography: Fernando Gomez Mateos