Masquespacio designed Egeo interior
Masquespacio latest interior project
A Greek restaurant in Valencia
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Hi design junkies,
There's a reason we're Masquespacio's number 1 fans, every time they make a new project we claim it's our favourite, but then a new one comes along! And guess what? they made a new one, and this one is our fav <3
Masquespacio presents Egeo, a Greek restaurant led by Ana Milena Hernández and Christophe Penasse and designed in Valencia, Spain.
Photography: Sebastian Erras
The design started when Thanasis and Ana contacted Masquespacio to create their first Egeo in Valencia. Counting already 2 restaurants in Madrid, the souvlaki (Greek meat and vegetable brochettes) chain founded by Thanasis, was looking for an interior design studio that could give continuity to its already existing interior design identity.
“When Ana and Thanasis contacted us that they wanted to open an Egeo in Valencia, we were immediately excited about the idea, as since a while we were keen to develop a Greek restaurant. Above that we also felt a special connection with their history.” - Christophe Penasse
The biggest challenge was that they didn’t want a huge change in the design for their first space in Valencia.
“If you follow our work, you know that we like to break with the existing for which it was a huge challenge for us to respect their minimalistic Greek design and at the same time offer a different experience.” - Christophe Penasse
“Initially we maintained Egeo’s white and blue color palette, although we searched to bring the space closer to Greece, applying the beauty of cementish materials that are so typical for the ancient Greek houses.”
“We tried to materialize Greece in the space, further than just using the usual white and blue color palette.” - Ana Milena Hernández
The walls above incorporate volumes with organic forms as one of the most highlighting features from the space, continuing with the search to represent the essence of Greek architecture.
The most standing out elements from the design are the series of Greek columns in a deteriorated state, painted here in blue.
Photography: Sebastian Erras
“The question we asked ourselves with the introduction of the columns was how to modernize this in Greek architecture traditional element that is represented in his classicalal state in Greek restaurants all around the world.”-Ana Milena Hernández
For the recreation of the columns in their modern version, blue color was used, they were produced with a 3D printer. At the same time, led tubes were added to the structure. The regular color was challenged, next to its production technique, making them a contemporary element produced with 21st-century technology.
Last but not least, the order bar was situated in the middle of the space with the aim to recreate a bustling environment as though you were ordering your souvlaki from a mobile kiosk in the middle of a Greek market.
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