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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Yoshinori Restaurant in Paris, France by Atelier BEPG + Alia BenganaMay 15th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Atelier BEPG + Alia Bengana YOSHINORI is a gourmet restaurant located in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés just a stone’s throw away from Odéon. The space consists of two floors, a ground floor and a basement. It is characteristic of the neighborhood in which it is located and has a stone and wooden structure, visible wooden beams on the ground floor, and vaulted stone cellars in the basement.  Image Courtesy © David Cousin Marsy
 Image Courtesy © David Cousin Marsy Yoshinori Morie is a Japanese chef who makes gourmet French cuisine while bringing to his dishes a balance of flavors, presentation, and technique that are very characteristic of his background.  Image Courtesy © David Cousin Marsy  Image Courtesy © David Cousin Marsy Our vision was to interpret this cultural blending in the conception of the restaurant. We researched an element specific to the Japanese aesthetic culture: the art of wooden screen panels, a traditional Japanese handiwork based on the repetition of a triangular pattern.  Image Courtesy © David Cousin Marsy  Image Courtesy © David Cousin Marsy We then made this pattern, reinterpreted in various ways, the central theme of the restaurant’s interior design: it appears on the walls of the ground floor, it becomes transparent in the stairway railing, and it changes scale and shape transforming itself into a diamond motif for the openwork screens and the glasswork of the semi-open kitchen.  Image Courtesy © David Cousin Marsy  Image Courtesy © David Cousin Marsy The screens are given a modern update thanks to digital cutting on lightly bleached MDF oak-plated panels. All of the openwork screens, such as the railing and the glasswork in the kitchen and basement, have been inserted into a steel structure that we opted to oxidize in order to highlight the raw material, which contrasts with the wood’s lacelike quality, another allusion to Yoshinori’s cuisine.  Image Courtesy © David Cousin Marsy  Image Courtesy © David Cousin Marsy Major construction was carried out to remodel the existing space. There were many demands that had to be met in a space that only measures 70 m², which was a former pizzeria.  Image Courtesy © David Cousin Marsy  Image Courtesy © David Cousin Marsy We had to find places for the kitchen equipment, storage, carts, refrigerated wine rack, and of course the tables and seats.  Image Courtesy © David Cousin Marsy  Image Courtesy © David Cousin Marsy The openwork screens, the cornerstone of our project, were crucial in allowing us to define spaces and protect passageways and entrances, creating a feeling of intimacy in every corner of the restaurant.  Image Courtesy © David Cousin Marsy  Image Courtesy © David Cousin Marsy  Image Courtesy © David Cousin Marsy  Image Courtesy © Atelier BEPG  Image Courtesy © Atelier BEPG  Image Courtesy © Atelier BEPG  Image Courtesy © Atelier BEPG
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