9 rue d'Alger - PARIS I

2017

RESTAURANT WITH CHEF ASSAF GRANIT

BALAGAN IS A MULTICULTURAL PLACE, THE KITCHEN IS INSPIRED BY THE MEDITERRANEAN RIM : ISRAEL, ITALY, LEBANON, MAROCCO  .. THE CHEFS ASSAF GRANIT & URI NAVON HAVE RESTAURANTS IN LONDON AND JERUSALEM AND ARE OPENING THEIR FIRST PLACE IN PARIS WITH THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP !

THE ISRAELI CULTURE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN RIM WERE BIG INFLUENCES : LIGHT BLUE AS A WARM WELCOME, HANDMADE TILES, MIXED CLAY ON FLOOR, AND MIXED INKS ON FABRIC. THE BANQUETTES SHAPES INSPIRED BY TRADITIONAL MOROCCAN FURNITURE. THE SUN OF COURSE IS ALSO THERE ! I HAVE INSTALLED GOLD MIRRORS FROM ALEXANDER GIRARD !

BALAGAN HAS ALSO NICE NEIGHBORS : JARDIN DES TUILERIES, RUE DE RIVOLI, RUE SAINT HONORÉ, PLACE VENDOME... 

SO WE HAD TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THEM : THE DIAMOND SHAPE OF THE TUILERIES PIKES WERE A BIG INSPIRATION FOR THE TILES, THE WOODEN FRAMES, THE COUNTER FRONT, THE OVES CARVED ON THE BUILDING IN FRONT ... 

Client : Marriott - Experimental Group

Chefs : Assaf Granit & Uri Navon

Interior architecture + design : Dorothee Meilichzon

Graphic design : Studio l'Etiquette

Photos : Studio L'Etiquette