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.
Alma Mater Restaurant in Murcia, Spain by ALPHA Arquitectura
March 16th, 2020 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: ALPHA Arquitectura
“To give a poke in a pig”. Víctor D’Ors.
Our client expresses a requirement but we change it into a strength. Facing a Budget issue we propose to find the constructive origins of the Building and find a primal language, industrial, expressed by the material nudity: exposed concrete, corrugated bars, clean surfaces in ceilings and walls.
It is located in the ground floor of a 1981 dwelling building, along Gran Via, at the hart of Murcia, near to Plaza de las Flores, the city’s gastronomic area.
The premise has only one façade, facing Madre de Dios st., and has an Access floor and a mezzanine. The strategy was bringing light and transparency from the outside to the interior part, which has a deep impact in the spaces organization and also the details definition. All the elements must facilitate that light shines through an intrincate building, in a clean way: façade, railings, shelfs and wine cellar wants to be part of a dynamic overhaul, instead of a heavy obstacle.
The restaurant must function like clockwork, giving priority to the staff and also boosting the client’s experience. Working side by side with the Chef to arrange it’s operation: the program revolves around the central staircase, organizing all the spaces, with the kitchen as the core part of the restaurant. At it’s left you can find the dishes exit; at it’s right, the washing train and the leftovers entrance, so that you assure clear circular and independent flows. In addition, we include an extra access from outside to the kitchen, improving the dirty-clean loop.
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