Article source: Xavier Andrés

The Somiatruites project is that of two brothers, one architect and one chef, with the desire to embark on a journey together where cuisine and architecture would come together and transmit shared values of integration to a neighbourhood, a city, and a very specific sociocultural context.

The project began in 2013 with the refurbishment of an old tanning factory in the Rec de Igualada neighbourhood, transforming it into a restaurant.

The Rec neighbourhood, situated between the walls and the river, for more than five hundred years has been an area in which the large tanneries existed alongside small gardens in the riverside surroundings. Though there are still tanneries there producing what is considered to be one of the best leathers in the world, successive crises have left a great architectural heritage empty.

Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula

• Architects: Xavier Andrés
• Project: Hotel Somiatruites
• Location: Igualada, Spain
• Photography: Adrià Goula
  
• Client: Somiatruites Dreaming Omelettes
  
• Collaborators: Guillem Elvira, Maria Font
  
• Structure: GAP
  
• Floor Area: 430m2
  
• Year: 2019
  

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