Arcádia Flagship Store

At the crossroads of tradition and innovation, classic and contemporary, Arcádia's Flagship Store celebrates one of the oldest Portuguese chocolate shops.



Located at Galleria, NorteShopping's premium space – an important and renowned Portuguese shopping center –, the project combines the brand's aesthetics with the requirements of the commercial structure that welcomes it. In the context of a competition to occupy this new space, the Shopping invited national and international renowned luxury brands to participate. The proposal for Arcádia was selected as one of the winners.



The objective was to allow the customer to travel back in time and know more about the notorious Portuguese brand's history. Founded in 1933, in Porto's center, Arcádia has become a national reference as a tea room and confectionery, frequented by high society. The original store inspires the facade of the Flagship Store, with the false openings incorporating archival images of the brand. The structure emerges in an environment of refinement and grandeur.



Below, outside, there is a terrace with table service, while inside, there is an area dedicated exclusively to the promotion and sale of Arcádia chocolates. Upstairs, in the mezzanine, there is a more restricted area where the client can spend more time. This space appears as a kind of viewpoint, overlooking the Galleria, as well as the entire Arcádia store and the different environments created with the intervention.



Gold, wood, velvet, and marble are some of the elements present in the three distinct spaces that make up the store, combined in a blend of aesthetics and quality finishes with safety and durability.