14/15 Henrietta St - Covent Garden - London

2017

RESTAURANT WITH CHEF OLLIE DABBOUS

PUBLIC AREAS, SUCH AS THE RESTAURANT ON GROUND FLOOR AND MEZZANINE, ARE A TRIBUTE TO THE FORMER GARDEN OF COVENT GARDEN (THAT WAS FIRST THE GARDEN OF WESTMINSTER ABBAYE AND THEN A FRUITS AND VEGETABLES MARKET).

SO I HAVE DESIGNED A NEW GLASS ROOF WITH ARCHS REFERRING TO THE ONES OF COVENT GARDEN. AND I HAVE USED A LOT OF ORGANIC ELEMENTS : TERRA-COTTA TILES HANDMADE IN FRANCE ON WALLS, A MIX OF GREEN FABRICS (VELVET / LEOPARD SKIN .TRIANGULAR PATTERNS), END GRAIN WOOD ON FLOOR, HERBARIUM ON WALLS...

ANIMALS ARE EVEN INVITED TO THE PARTY WITH A GIANT TIGER HAND PAINTED ON THE CEILING. THE ENTIRE CEILING IS ALL HAND PAINTED !

WE HAVE 3 COUNTERS : TWO COCKTAIL BARS WHERE PEOPLE WILL EAT + 1 KITCHEN COUNTER WHERE OLLIE WORKS : IT IS AN OPEN KITCHEN AND THERE IS A LARGE TABLE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE COUNTER WERE PEOPLE WILL EAT (THE CHEF'S TABLE) ALL SPACES MERGE INTO EACH OTHER, THE RESTAURANT KITCHEN BECOME A DINING ROOM, THE HOTEL LOBBY A COCKTAIL BAR, THE SPACE UNDER THE GLASS ROOF A GARDEN !

Client : Experimental Group

Interior architecture + Design : Dorothee Meilichzon

Graphic Design: Dorothee Meilichzon

Photos : Karel Balas