Samara是位于西雅图日落山附近的一间精品餐厅,提供以传统养殖动物、本地农产品为主要食材的菜肴和生物发酵葡萄酒。这种专注于简单食材的理念也影响了餐厅的整体设计:采用最简单和基础的材料打造出优雅精致的用餐环境。
Samara is a small neighborhood restaurant in the Sunset Hill neighborhood of Seattle with a menu that focuses on heritage breed animals, local produce, and biodynamic wines. This focus on simple ingredients was a driver that helped steer the design towards articulating simple and elemental materials to realize a beautifully composed space for dining.
餐厅设有38个座位,空间紧密却不拥挤。可容纳六人的厨师吧台,需要在顾客与厨灶之间建立一种联系和亲密感的同时保持合适的距离。这种设计更像是在家里招待客人,让人感觉亲切又舒心。尽管西雅图以阴雨天气著称,人们仍然喜欢在就餐时欣赏室外的街景。于是,设计团队特别在餐厅舒适的前窗旁布置了餐桌。空间对于厨师和食客而言同样重要,因此餐厅的非用餐区域也时刻保持整洁,以营造出一种有意识的整洁和舒适感。
With seating for 38, the space is intimate without feeling crowded. The chef’s counter, with seating for six, was critical to get right. It needed to be intimate and connected to the hearth but not feel like it put the chef on stage. More like being hosted at someone’s home than putting the staff on display. Even with Seattle’s reputation for rainy weather people still like to be connected to the outdoor neighborhood streetscape when dining so we organized the table layout next to new large operable windows at the front cozy corner of the restaurant. Realizing that space was just as valuable for those preparing the meals, as well as those enjoying them, the back of house remains uncluttered and creates a sense of purposefulness and ease.
设计团队把在这里用餐的气氛比作一幅荷兰静物画。整间餐厅充斥着丰富的、情绪化的简单元素。即使是一口简单的铜锅也能激发设计灵感,而时间的痕迹则会让建筑变得更有人情味和吸引力。这样的理念在空间的设计中也得到了很好的体现:从定制的镀铜板和镀铜垂饰、手工制作的丹麦砖、肥皂石厨师吧台和酒水台、再到色彩丰富的木材。所有这些简单的材料,都将随着时间的流逝和使用的痕迹而变得更加美好。
We liken the dining atmosphere to a Dutch still life painting. It’s rich and moody with an elemental simplicity. The simple copper pot was an inspiration to us. Something utilitarian that only gets better with age and patina. We designed the space with this in mindknowing that the evidence of time in architecture makes spaces feel more human and inviting. We carried this theme throughout the restaurant with custom patinaed copper panels, custom patinaed copper pendants, handmade Danish bricks, a soapstone chefs counter and bar, and richly stained wood. All simple materials that will get better with age and use.
设计主旨是打造一个小型的、精致且私密的邻里小酒馆。位于餐厅中央的是多层木架烧烤炉和烤箱。它们的火光使空间充满了温暖和烟雾朦胧的气氛。在芝加哥长大的客户希望将自己喜欢的工匠风格带入餐厅的设计中。毕竟这样的设计让人感到熟悉放松却又永不过时。
The design brief was to create a small, sophisticated, and intimate neighborhood corner bistro. Central to the restaurant is the multi-level wood-fueled grill and oven. The experience of the fire in the grill and oven permeates the space with a warm and smoky ambiance. The client, who was raised in Chicago, wanted to bring a little of the craftsman style that he loved to the design of the restaurant. As a result, the design feels reassuringly familiar and yet timeless.