Location: Khayelitsha, Cape Town
Program: Commerical
Client: Virgin Active SA
Status: Completed
Area: 30sqm

Lufefe Nomjana started Espinaca (‘spinach in Spanish) Innovations in 2012. It is a bakery he founded by borrowing a neighbour’s oven. Over time he has earned a reputation as the ‘Spinach King’ and ‘Popeye of Khayelitsha’, promoting healthy eating through the bread he bakes.

The new kiosk, located at the busy Khayelitsha Mall, is refurbished from an old 12m container to fit a juice bar as shopfront and a kitchen for his bakery business at the back. 

Design Concept

To express the energy and vitality of a healthy lifestyle the Espinaca brand has to offer, the roof of the kiosk is shaped into an aerodynamic form and the side of the container is cladded with a series of timber planters to harvest fresh spinach.