Fiammetta
Year: 2017
Location: Lisbon
Restaurant and Delicatessen
Located on a ground floor of a 1970's building at Campo de Ourique neighbourhood in Lisbon, the Fiammetta restaurant / delicatessen is the result of the refurbishment of this commercial area, which was once a clothing store, into a restaurant area.
Photos: © Rodrigo Delgado
The 160sm, of this store, are organized in two floors, one with direct contact with the street, where the entire restaurant area takes place along with the fresh product area of the delicatessen, and the other in a basement where the groceries are placed.
The connection between these two floors was guaranteed through a loose metallic staircase, promoting the visual contact between them, where the transparency between the steps was also determinant for the finnal result, also ensuring the entrance of natural light from the top floor.
A wide mirror at the bottom of the stairs leads us to "dive" into the grocery store from the entrance of the space, promoting and ensuring circulation between both areas.
The exposed concrete from the ceilings of the entrance floor was assumed as a finishing, and this finishing was extended to some structural elements of connection between this floor and the lower floor.
In parallel, natural wood was used both in the service counters and in the shelves of the grocery store and the iron painted with wired glass, for the separation between the kitchen and the restaurant.
The general lighting of the space is mostly done through suspended technical rails, with projectors, allowing to create more environments and make the space more inviting to stay.
On the entrance floor, some loose lamps complement the decoration of the space giving it a more personalized character.
At street level, the exterior windows have been replaced by black iron frames, which open completely, allowing to connect the interior and the exterior space, all in one.