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Service counter.
the other end of the development and the retail shop
allowed the architects a certain degree of freedom from
the constraints of the limited shop floor area, in that the
commercial kitchen could accommodate any excess
equipment too big to be shoehorned into the storefront.
Although Fruitive is technically located on an alley,
it’s an artificial one included in the CityCenterDC
development to break up its massing, and it benefits from
an abundance of reflected light bouncing between the
glass boxes above it. Even with Fruitive’s primary façade
facing northward, this reflection plus the shop’s west-
facing, 11th Street side offer plenty of daylighting—
enough that electric lights are seldom on while the sun
is up. Pendants over the bar and recessed cans at the
top of the double-height volume illuminate it as
evening falls. Fruitive eschews preservatives in its
products, so to reduce the effects of solar gain,
Teass/Warren installed mechanical shades on the
west side to help to keep temperatures lower. That
keeps the juices as fresh as the shop’s architecture.
80 JUICY DESIGN Cabinetry and bookshelves in the Fruitive shop.
