Project Details

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project:                    transformation of existing                                                    facility to a restaurant

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location:                  Kifissia, Athens, Greece 

floor area:               250 m2

status:                      built

year:                         2016

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design .

construction:         km architecture studio

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artwork:                  A. Glykas, Z. Nikolopoulou

graphic design:     teokon design

photos:                    studio Kominis

 

press:                       Kataskeves Ktirion  

 

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This street-food restaurant is located in a two-storey building with an inner courtyard.

Three years after Ancho Mexican Grill I, the challenge in designing this store lay in avoiding delivering an identical with the first one restaurant, along with developing the initial concept into something new and fresh. Apart from the restaurant itself, the program here includes a kids-playground and a private venue for special events. 

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Based on the same approach and design principles (geometrically simple space, separation in two areas, clear identity), the street-food concept area is placed on the open-plan ground level (open kitchen, self-service area), while the restaurant-lounge area is set at an elevated position created as a private patio. 

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The concept was to keep characteristic elements and materials of the initial design (stucco cement flooring, cement tiles, ceramic lights, printed panel, neon sign) and ...

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