[MOC] Purple Bakery

[CardinalBricks]

Today I have photos of my modular building MOC I just finished, which is a 16x32 bakery with an upstairs apartment.

I used the rare but relatively inexpensive sand purple, one of my favorite Lego colors, making the absolute most of only three different elements in that color that you could conceivably construct a facade with: mostly 1x3 slopes (yikes) but also a couple of pneumatic tube joiners, flipped upside down to form an interesting heart-shaped decoration. The bakery entrance is inset, forming a cavity for outdoor seating, while the roof juts out. The large window sill teems with plant life. On the upper window, some structural tan bricks represent curtains.

 

The apartment is accessed through some old castle stairs at the back, where I had to employ a funky technique with droid arms and bars to get them to stay locked in place. Due to writer’s (builder’s?) block it ended up being quite barren-looking back here, but I tried to liven it up with some stained glass and a porch swing.

 

The ground floor features the bakery, which includes a kitchen, a mop closet, a standing area with a table and chair, and a newspaper bin. Looks like they specialize in croissants and stroopwafels. Scrumptious.

   

Upstairs is a loft apartment. Due to the 1x3 size of the purple slopes, I had a large interior window sill to work with, which I filled with plants. That set the tone for the interior design which I decided should be a kind of maximalist bohemian style, to get technical.

  

The roof level has a removable back much like the Parisian Restaurant and a small bathroom, freestanding bathtub, bookshelf and bed.

 

This building is meant to compliment my Antique Toy Store MOC I made last year. Together they take up the footprint of a normal modular. LEGO is known for making use of contrasting colors in the modular buildings series, and in that spirit I wanted to challenge myself to make a modular building utilizing yellow and purple—normally gaudy together, but, as I predicted, the sand purple does a tremendous job of subduing things and I think they look great together. Hmm, but maybe I should change the toy store baseplate to dark grey so they match on the backside.

   

With a yellow and purple modular building it is now of course easier to have every color of the rainbow on my city block. Tubular!

An example of a modular layout in rainbow order (which would probably look amazing with an “Everyone is Awesome” set displayed nearby!)

Or, my favorite arrangement which is something more scattered like this.

Just like with the toy store, I will be constructing this model in Studio and making instructions for it whenever I have time to tackle another project. Once that happens I will update this thread with a link to the rebrickable page.

Let me know what you think of this project! Thanks for checking it out fellow Lego fans!

 

Edited April 28, 2024 by BrickRally217

[Feuer Zug]

Nice build. Definitely not an in-demand or often seen color. Good amount of interior details too.

[CardinalBricks]

34 minutes ago, Feuer Zug said:

Nice build. Definitely not an in-demand or often seen color. Good amount of interior details too.

Thanks! I love sand purple because of its muted hue, I think it works tremendously in a city block setting to add a splash of color without being too bright. Sand red is also great for the same reason but sadly much pricier on the aftermarket.

[antp]

Nice, not easy to build with this interesting color indeed.

The back of the building is great too :)

[CardinalBricks]

2 hours ago, antp said:

Nice, not easy to build with this interesting color indeed.

The back of the building is great too :)

Certainly wasn't easy haha. Truly the MVPs of this model are the 2x8 rail plates, adding some much needed texture to the purple areas and making the window technique for the apartment a breeze.