In the heart of Hyderabad’s Film Nagar, naav studio has designed a 3,500-square-foot café that asserts itself through a quieter, more cerebral language. SABHĀ Specialty Coffee is built around the idea of controlled contrasts, playing on the tension between raw and refined, muted and saturated, heavy and light.
The palette begins with restraint, featuring concrete flooring anchored by a stainless steel inlay that guides the eye along the open plan. Overhead, a coffered ceiling introduces a tectonic order, framing light and casting a soft glow. A striking blue counter emerges as the central mass, paired with a vivid red menu board that sets the tone for the café’s chromatic logic.
The design unfolds as a measured field of colour interventions, with seating elements appearing in distinct, highly saturated tones. Colour is used to frame encounters and modulate mood, rather than attempting cohesion. A raised platform composed of glass bricks offers a contrasting gesture, echoing the ceiling’s grid and forming a subtle dialogue between horizontal and vertical, mass and lightness.
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