Egeo

Masquespaciopresents Egeo, the first Greek restaurant that the studio led by Ana MilenaHernández and Christophe Penasse designed in Valencia. Counting already with 2 restaurants in Madrid, the souvlaki (Greek meat and vegetables brochettes) chain founded by Thanasis, was looking for an interior design studio that could give continuity to its already existing interior design identity. ” The biggestchallenge was although that they didn’t want a huge change in the design fortheir first space in Valencia. ChristophePenasse: “If you follow our work, you know that we like to break with theexisting for which it was a huge challenge for us to respect their minimalisticGreek design and at the same time offer a different experience. ” Initially wemaintained Egeo’s white and blue color palette, although we searched to bringthe space closer to Greece, applying the beauty of cementish materials that areso typical for the ancient Greek houses. ”Ana Milena Hernández。 Ana MilenaHernández: “We tried to materialize Greece in the space, further than justusing the usual white and blue color palette. ” The walls above incorporatevolumes with organic forms as one of the most highlighting features from thespace, continuing with the search to represent the essence of Greekarchitecture. The most standing outelement from the design is although a series of Greek columns in a deterioratedstate, painted here in blue. Ana MilenaHernández: The question we asked ourselves with the introduction of the columnswas how to modernize this in Greek architecture traditional element that isrepresented in his classical state in Greek restaurants all around the world. ” For the recreationof the columns in their modern version a blue color was used, while they wereproduced with a 3D printer. At the same time led tubes were added to thestructure. 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 recreatea bustling environment like if you were ordering your souvlaki from a mobilekiosk in the middle of a Greek market. Credits: Client: Egeo( Instagram: @egeosuvlakeriagriega Address: Carrer delLiteratAzorín, 8, 46006 València, Spain Design:Masquespacio ( ) Instagram:@masquespacio_ana Instagram: @masquespacio_chris