Commercial

Eno Virreyes

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Location: Mexico City

Year: 2018

Surface: 173 m2

Collaboration with: FRAMA

Team: Cassandra Bradfield, José Ignacio Vargas

Photos: Maureen M. Evans

Eno is a lively restaurant and café located in Mexico City, the first of many successful café-restaurants founded by the Mexican chef Enrique Olivera. 

 

The architectural project proposes an efficient distribution of the space defined by the apertures of a single wall. This inhabitable wall contains the services and allows interaction between the kitchen and the restaurant. This element emphasizes horizontality - a recurring concept in Enrique Olvera's restaurants - through wooden panels that go from floor to ceiling for a length of 11 meters. The modulation of these panels and their openings not only delimits the distinct programmes, but also gives meaning and order to the space. The wall also functions as a service bar, whether for people to sit down to eat at, or to store products or deliver dishes from the kitchen.

 

A natural palette is used throughout the space, with emphasis on the use of local materials. The existing marble was retained for the floor, with maple wood used for the walls and furniture. This combination amplifies the feeling of light and creates a comfortable and enjoyable environment for customers. Deep red pigmented concrete plays a contrasting role to the bright and light interior. Through the complete renovation of the interior, the design embraces the long horizontal lines of the space, while also adding warmth and texture that nod to Mexico’s rich history of materials.

Surface: 173 m2

Year: 2018

Collaboration with: FRAMA

Team: Cassandra Bradfield, José Ignacio Vargas

Fotos: Maureen M. Evans

Eno is a lively restaurant and café located in Mexico City, the first of many successful café-restaurants founded by the Mexican chef Enrique Olivera. 

 

The architectural project proposes an efficient distribution of the space defined by the apertures of a single wall. This inhabitable wall contains the services and allows interaction between the kitchen and the restaurant. This element emphasizes horizontality - a recurring concept in Enrique Olvera's restaurants - through wooden panels that go from floor to ceiling for a length of 11 meters. The modulation of these panels and their openings not only delimits the distinct programmes, but also gives meaning and order to the space. The wall also functions as a service bar, whether for people to sit down to eat at, or to store products or deliver dishes from the kitchen.

 

A natural palette is used throughout the space, with emphasis on the use of local materials. The existing marble was retained for the floor, with maple wood used for the walls and furniture. This combination amplifies the feeling of light and creates a comfortable and enjoyable environment for customers. Deep red pigmented concrete plays a contrasting role to the bright and light interior. Through the complete renovation of the interior, the design embraces the long horizontal lines of the space, while also adding warmth and texture that nod to Mexico’s rich history of materials.