Forty-eight rocks have been handpicked from a Chilean mine to kind the centrepiece of Mareida, a London restaurant designed by Macarena Aguilar Izquierdo of Santiago-based studio DAW.
Mareida is the brainchild of proprietor Prenay Agarwal, who needed to convey Chilean meals, design and tradition to London.
The rock library is considered one of a number of {custom} items contained in the Fitzrovia restaurant, meant to attach the inside with the nation’s numerous pure panorama.
Aguilar Izquierdo and Agarwal travelled to Combarbala, a mining city in northern Chile, to pick stones of Combarbalita, a semiprecious volcanic rock distinctive to this area.
Every rock has its personal shelf inside a custom-built timber show case.
“An vital a part of Mareida’s idea pertains to journeys from the Andes Mountains,” DAW founder Aguilar Izquierdo instructed Dezeen.
“With the ability to current this within the restaurant area and make it tangible appeared very related to us.”
Agarwal was born in Mumbai and raised in Hong Kong, however fell in love with Chile by his husband. His imaginative and prescient was for a restaurant that attracts from throughout the nation’s mountain, rainforest and coastal areas.
This supplied the start line for Aguilar Izquierdo’s inside design, in addition to for the menu developed by head chef Trinidad Vial Della Maggiora and visitor chef Carolina Bazán.
Nearly all of the supplies and particulars have been sourced and inbuilt Chile, then shipped to the UK in a container.
One other key component is the bar, which was designed in collaboration with London-based Chilean architect Mále Uribe.
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She developed a household of tiles, incorporating Combarbalite powder, quartz and copper tailings, which kind a 3D geometric aid throughout the bar’s entrance.
“It consists of 16 geometric combos in six colors, creating an Andean rhythm and texture,” stated Aguilar Izquierdo.
“The fabric options Combaraba stone as its base, connecting the story with the pure stones discovered within the cupboard.”
Artworks on present embrace an illuminated piece by artist Javier Toro Blum, which hangs within the restaurant window, and a textile wall hanging by designer Josefina Concha, which takes cues from the textures of the Chilean panorama and sea.
Different cloth items have been produced by textile atelier Sisa Studio, together with linen and velvet curtains marked by shades of deep blue and comfortable gray.
“Each bit was hand-dyed to create layers of color that talk of the aid and the ocean, incorporating a blue that adjustments with the sunshine contained in the area,” stated Aguilar Izquierdo.
Mareida’s brand is a triangle, referencing the nation’s location throughout the Lithium Triangle, the geographic area that holds nearly all of the earth’s salt provide.
Triangular motifs may be discovered all through the restaurant, in copper particulars on the tables, on {custom} napkins and even in a number of the dishes ready by the cooks.
“The inside design seeks to create an sincere environment, utilizing actual supplies in a recent area with substance,” added Aguilar Izquierdo.
“We needed to supply a recent perspective, with easy and stylish objects related to nature.”
Different latest London restaurant openings embrace the neon-lit Bun Home Disco in Shoreditch and Ara, which was constructed from responsibly sourced supplies, together with clay plaster.
The images is courtesy of Mareida.
