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Renovation of a restaurant and cafeteria in a ski resort. Set within a scenic mountain panorama at an altitude of 2,625 m, the restaurant offers the perfect refuge during a day of skiing.
OBJECTIVES: Create a warm and inviting space giving the restaurant and cafeterai a distinctly different look and feel.
Design a place in accordance with the traditional local spirit.
Flooring which has to present ski boots resistance properties: anti-slip, sound reducing and durability.
SOLUTIONS: The restaurant is treated as a bright and open space with generous expanses of glass contrary to the cafeteria which is developed as a cozy, warm and protected shelter.
Beams in the cafeteria to create a cocoon and divide the space from the restaurant.
Pixels, squared pieces of wood each one painted in a different color: add some colors, help to warm up the atmosphere and build a brand image.
CONSTRUCTIONS WORKS: Carpet and wood flooring, painting on walls, micro cement on columns and on some walls (bars), painting tables and chairs, wooden beams, wood to cover bars and some of walls, creation of two walls made of "Pixels".
Sourcing: lightings, sofas, accessories
Related Design Services: Corporate image: logo, graphics, displays
STRECHING THE REFUGE CONCEPT
The project allow us to create spaces that become more intimate and welcoming the deeper you go, creating a subtle transition between the exterior and interior.
Starting from the entrance where the reception is welcoming the visitors, a grate on the floor clean the boot of snow. The resistance of the material was a crucial point of the renovation.
When visitors arrive in the cafeteria, the atmosphere is designed to be welcoming. Comfortable sofas on one side and an informal bar on the other to provide hot drinks and snacks.
Wood is the major material, is displayed on the floor, walls and ceiling as fake beams creating a cocoon. Beams and illumination effects help to give the space a friendly scale.
A CONVIVIAL ATMOSPHERE
The restaurant area is a place where friends and families can gather around large communal tables and share typical food.
The bar of the restaurant was treated as the principal focal point of the whole space which was harmonized with the use of pixels.
Spirit of craftsmanship is expressed by raw textures of materials such as columns in microcement, black steel, wood.
Wood flooring and carpeting fiber polyamide provide durability and slip resistance.
ARCALIS
Ski Resort Andorra
Pixels: with only 2 colors of acrylic paint and 4 colors of varnish, 750 squared pieces of wood were painted for one wall and 1200 for the bar, each one with a different color.
Made of wood, they are perfectly incorporate to the Chalet spirit while giving a modern style.
Maximize space
The 435 m2 restaurant can seat 176 customers. Large aisles allow easy access to the bar and bathrooms.
A new bathroom fully handicap accessible was created.