A bar counter formed like an inverted ziggurat sits on the centre of this restaurant in Mexico Metropolis, designed by native structure studio RA!
Tana is a tapas spot positioned within the metropolis’s rich Polanco neighbourhood, inside a compact and intimate house dealing with Parque Lincoln.
RA! gutted the 65-square-metre unit to make method for its cave-like idea, achieved by making use of textured plaster and concrete throughout the four-metre-high partitions.
“The intervention started by demolishing the superimposed finishes of the previous premises, with a view to uncover the construction and the supplies that initially constituted the house,” stated RA! co-founder Pedro Ramírez de Aguilar.
“The steadiness of the sounds, colors, textures and tones of the house creates a cave ambiance that shelters those that inhabit it,” he contined.
The principle eating space is organised round a central bar counter, which has a stepped type paying homage to an historic pyramid – much like these positioned on the Aztec archeological web site of Teotihuacan simply outdoors of town.
Tough concrete additionally wraps the bar’s tiered sides, beneath which cove lighting is put in to light up every layer.
“The bar questions the standard linear group of bars to create a sq. distribution that permits higher coexistence between customers and the mixologist,” Ramírez de Aguilar stated.
Additional cove lighting encircles the room simply above flooring degree, and about two-thirds of the best way up the partitions, in addition to beneath the slender drink cabinets.
Behind the bar, a copper lighting fixture includes two concentric circles, with a comfortable glow emanating from behind the small, entrance disk.
The copper fixture was mounted on a floor-to-ceiling shelving system constructed from skinny steel pipes, which shows liquor bottles and holds hanging crops on the prime.
“The plate made in Michoacán, Mexico, is positioned on a big formation of rods that go from the assist cupboard to the ceiling, producing a collection of cabinets on which the bottles and different service components are positioned,” stated Ramírez de Aguilar.
Tall, slender-framed stools encompass the bar, and supply extra seating alongside both facet of the house.
Above hold cylindrical concrete pendant lamps with metal caps, which direct the sunshine downwards as a collection of spots.
Behind the shelving unit is a small, omakase-style eating space that gives visitors a direct view of the kitchen.
The restaurant opens totally to the road, the place extra tables are positioned on a lined patio surrounded by crops.
RA! was based in 2017 by Ramírez de Aguilar together with Cristóbal Ramírez de Aguilar and Santiago Sierra in Mexico Metropolis, the place the eating scene is booming and plenty of artistic minds are serving to to form interiors for its cooks.
Together with Tana, new spots embrace Pizzeria della Madonna in Roma Norte, which designer Sofia Betancur modelled on a neighbouring church, and Ling Ling, an Asian fusion restaurant on the 56th flooring of the Chapultepec Uno skyscraper.
The pictures is by Ariadna Polo.
