Lingo Café, Zurich
completed
EF Education First

Interior work
Planning and realization
Tenant fit-out of the in-house Café with 37 seats and seminar room in collaboration with the EF Education First design & creative team.

Planning 2023-2024 / Construction 2024

With the Lingo Café, the EF Education First language school—now housed in the “Neue Börse”—gains a presence in the public realm. The granite paving used outdoors continues seamlessly through the glazed, tapering café space. Its backbone is formed by a blue-tiled bar counter and a central wooden core. Structured with solid oak moldings, this enclosed volume becomes an elegant, space-defining piece of furniture. It discreetly houses a small kitchen, a toilet, and storage spaces. Opposite the café lies another room of identical geometry, available for seminars and workshops. Outfitted with a large screen, it serves as a second showcase for the language school.

Photo © Studio Willen