MOC: Commercial Building (Juice Bar 41035 MOD)

[finnbricker]

I have been working on this project for a long time, on and off. Now it's finally completed, save for two dark red 2x2 jumper plates. I started with combining two 41035 Heartlake Juice Bars to make the first floor. An added width of 8 studs gave room for a staircase to the upper floors and made the building the perfect size for two 32x32 baseplates. The staircase also left place for a small hole-in-the-wall style shop. The whole building has around 3000 bricks.

For the upper floors, I chose medium blue as the main colour and added some bright blue and white for details. The architecture is relatively modern, so this does not necessarily belong in the same part of town as the town hall or the Grand Emporium. In my layout-to-be, this building will be opposite the beach so the sun seekers will have easy access to ice cream and a refreshing glass of juice.

I'm going to present the exterior now and continue later with the interiors. All floors have full interiors and the floors are fully tiled.

As you can see, the ground floor is very true to the original design. Next to the juice bar, I placed a perfumery. It's called La Rose Amie and I have to apologize to all French speakers – I know the name is incorrect language. La Rose is fine – named after the roses in the shop sign. I don't speak French myself and would actually want a suitable adjective – with four letters in its feminine form, a positive meaning, suitable for describing a rose and not containing the letter U (since I've run out of those why does the business card set come with only one U?). So I'd be grateful for any suggestions!

The roof is very plain, with some airconditioning units.

The back is also very plain. There's a back entrance to the perfumery and a back entrance to the small hall where the staircase to the upper floors are. Looks like the sales assistant from the perfumery came to work by bike today. A Minifigforlife banana crate stands outside the juice bar – apparently a shipment just arrived.

The corner left room for a small shop, and Olivia's ice cream bike 41030 was released at just the right time – the corner is now occupied by an ice cream stand. The 41030 fountain stands in the street corner and the mailbox fits nicely between the juice bar and perfumery entrances. The benches outside the ice cream shop are modifications of the 41030 benches.

I hope you like it! My aim is to give you a tour of the first floor shops tomorrow.

[lightningtiger]

Now that is using a lot of juice bars !

Great looking modular 'finnbricker' and Brick On !

[bitbang]

That's great! Floors are detachable? Can you post photos of each floor's inside? :)

[eurotrash]

I can see this being a very effective MOC next to your beach. It looks good and the color palette you've chosen is growing on me.

Thanks for sharing it with us.

[finnbricker]

Thanks for your comments! Here comes the first floor of the building.

It houses the juice bar, of course, and a perfumery (to the right of the juice bar). In the upper left corner is the staircase and bottom left you'll find the small ice cream shop. The juice bar and perfumery both have back doors, the perfumery door leads straight outside whereas the juice bar back door leads to the small hall where also the main and back entrance to the upper floor is located. This hall is tiled with brown 1xX tiles, representing a wooden floor. The stairs are tiled white.

The juice bar stays pretty true to the original model as far as the counter and the minibuilds are concerned. It has been minifigurized, though, so there's now a long table with plenty of chairs so one can enjoy a glass of juice or a sandwich inside. The fruit has been moved closer to the counter. The floor is tiled lime green, appropriate for the colour scheme.

A nice row of four pineapples there!

A good overview of the seating area.

Moving on to the perfumery. The floor is tiled with sand yellow and white tiles save for the area behind the counter, where I've used 1xX white tiles. There are shelves with different kind of perfume bottles and lotions as well as some Belville sinks used as holders for some hair accessories etc. The counter consists of black grooved 1x2s and transparent 1x2s. The small loose table in the upper left corner below the shelves is intended as a movable table that a beautician can use when there's a spraying campaign or sales event going on.

Some nice window displays, lipstick and some hair accessories on the wall.

This is the interior of the ice cream shop. You will recognize the freezers from Olivia's ice cream bike and the floor tiling from the original juice bar set. I think the colour of the floor fits in nicely with the ice cream theme. There's a service counter for those who want a cone and a self-service freezer for popsicles. Grandma has just bough little Teddy both an ice cream and a popsicle. What a day!

The small hallway which serves as an entrance to the upper floors.

I will show you the second floor tomorrow.

Now that is using a lot of juice bars !

Only two juice bar sets to make the ground floor sort of symmetric. The extra awning pieces are bricklinked.

[Xyver]

This is great. A subtle and not too detailed building, the colours just work to liven it up and the offset windows give it just enough detailing.

Great use of the Friends sets for the ground floor facade and the interiors. This is something that is lacking from the city sets and something I really need to do to my city to make it come to life a bit more.

[finnbricker]

Thanks Xavier! This building is of course decidedly more modern than the official modulars, thus the facade is also a lot less detailed.

Here's the second floor. It's less interesting than the first floor – basically just a tiled hallway and two Friends sets crammed into their own rooms/offices. The interior walls are not attached to the exterior walls so they are easily removable if I decide to alter the interior.

A view of the plain hallway and the staircase.

At the end of the hallway you'll find Olivia's Invention Workshop. No alterations here, everything is from set 3933. No minidoll, though, since my City is for minifigs only. Actually the chemist from Research Institute would work well as an inventor here, I think.

Another view. Love the tools, even though the colour is somewhat strange.

And here's the fashion design studio. I'd like to think of it more as a simple tailor shop, though. You know, one of these places with a big "Alterations" sign in the window. Again, the interior is straight from set 3936, unaltered, save for a croissant that should go well with the coffee mug. Not the healthiest lunch, though.

[fasikloes]

the perfumery door leads straight outside whereas the juice bar back door leads to the small hall where also the main and back entrance to the upper floor is located. This hall is tiled with brown 1xX tiles, representing a wooden floor. The stairs are tiled white.

Edited December 18, 2014 by fasikloes

[finnbricker]

Here comes the moccest part of the MOC, the number one night spot in town, Club Tuxu. Those of you who speak Finnish might guess where the name comes from...

Here's an overview. The stairs are on the left, so that's where a cashier's desk is located (for paying the cover charge, obviously). The white and black tiled area is the foyer. There's a unisex toilet and some seats just opposite the toilet. The dark red tiled part is the actual nightclub, and the tiling represents a plush dark red carpet. On the right lies the dance floor and behind that is where the DJ is standing.

The bouncer doesn't look very friendly, as is often the case here in Finland. The torso is from Minifigforlife and I think it suits a nightclub worker perfectly. So this is where you pay your cover charge before entering the club.

The toilet. There's a red tap for hot water and a blue one for cold. The floor is tiled medium blue and white. A small vent above the door should take care of ventilation in the small cubicle.

The bar. The bartender wears the same uniform as his colleague by the entrance. I've misplaced my custom cocktail glasses and all the bottles are the same colours. This is something I will have to fix at some point so the shelves don't look so boring.

Overview of the main area. It's a quiet night, maybe in the middle of the week. The seating is raised by one plate to give better views to sitting guests. Minifigs seem a very reckless people – there are mobile phones lying recklessly around empty tables. Perhaps police presence in the city is so heavy that they don't need to be afraid of someone snatching them, who knows. I'm still missing two dark red 2x2 jumper plates, so that's why the light grey plate is showing under the left side tables.

The dance floor and DJ booth. The dance floor consists of reddish brown 1x4 tiles and dark brown tiles on the sides. Only two guys dancing at this time. The loudspeakers and the dj table are from Heartlake Shopping Mall 41058, as you might recognize.

I hope you liked Club Tuxu and the whole building! I'd be grateful for all your comments.

[LEGO Guy Bri]

Great job on this building finnbricker, it's huge! I like the details on the inside, but a bar up two flights of stairs seems a bit dangerous Jokes aside, it's very nice build

[TMJ28]

I'm really digging the colors on this MOC! It has a very retro feel to me..keep it up!

[kermit]

Very bright colours.

[finnbricker]

Thanks for the comments! Yes, the colours are bright, but perhaps suitable for a beachside building. I'm also working on a similar project where I'm combining two pet salons 41007 and using cool yellow for the upper floors. Should sit nicely next to this one.

[bjorkan]

Very nice, very very nice and detailed, like to see Friends on MOC... I will post mine version of Juice Bar soon, pneumatized :) will put the link here, just to finish photos and YT video :) m.

[finnbricker]

Thanks Bjorkan! I worked a really long time on this MOC so it's great to see that my work is appreciated.

[bjorkan]

Thanks Bjorkan! I worked a really long time on this MOC so it's great to see that my work is appreciated.

Oh, I believe you, you made a huge building. And here (http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=105631#entry2134806) is the link to mine

[bradleybrand]

Looks beautiful :)