תכנון ועיצוב מסעדה בקולורדו, ארה''ב || פרויקטים

Designer: Miguel Quismondo, AIA with Juan Carlos Bragado
Team: Jacobo Mingorance, Ignacio De Siloniz
Architect of Record: Bray Architecture, Inc
Location: Boulder, Colorado, USA
Built area: 4,000 sq.ft
Completion Date: December 2022
Contractor: Sand Construction of Colorado, LLC
Photography: Imagen Subliminal [Miguel de Guzmán + Rocío Romero]

ה-Stella's Cucina, שנועד במקור כטרקלין קנאביס, ממוקם בליבו של בניין מסחרי חדש הפונה הרובע ההיסטורי של העיר בולדר. מכיוון שלא ניתן היה לראות את המקום מבחוץ, החלל אינו מתמזג באופן קונבנציונלי עם העיר; לכן, חיפשו משרד האדריכלים MQ Architecture את ההזדמנות להביא אור טבעי דרך חלון צוֹהַר. הרעיון הזה של חלל מיושן, אלגנטי, אך נסתר, השפיע עמוקות על עיצוב מבנה הפּרוֹיֶקט.  רק ''S'' מציין את הכניסה של סטלה ברחוב Walnut, כאשר מוסתרת מאחורי אלומיניום מתנשא בגובה 12 רגל, דלת מתחת לכילה ממתכת מחוררת.


Photo Credit: Miguel Quismondo, MQ Architecture


Photo Credit:Imagen Subliminal [Miguel de Guzmán + Rocío Romero]

From entering the building to siting at your table, Stella’s is an entirely new hospitality experience, one shrouded in elegance and mystery: as one opens the aluminum door, the space is compressed with a curved white ceiling. The existing brick wall on one side and its reflection along the opposite mirrored wall, escort guests to the interior. In the lobby, an oak wall with a check-in window awaits the visitors, where an unseen bouncer cards the guests. From there, a hidden wooden door reveals a dark corridor, where the host welcomes the visitors and walks them through a compressed and dimmed space with wood walls. The low light adapts the eye and the slotted curved wall forces to change direction and pushes the guest into the squared dining room with a massive 16’x16’ skylight centered in a navy blue background. The light is filtered through a golden aluminum egg crate. Below, a 45 degree rotated bar with curved corners, welcomes and invites the guests onto the perimeter tables.


Photo Credit:Imagen Subliminal [Miguel de Guzmán + Rocío Romero]


Photo Credit:Imagen Subliminal [Miguel de Guzmán + Rocío Romero]


Photo Credit:Imagen Subliminal [Miguel de Guzmán + Rocío Romero]


Photo Credit:Imagen Subliminal [Miguel de Guzmán + Rocío Romero]

This entrance view emphasizes the grid and allows the guest to have a glimpse of the whole dining room, while the back mirrored wall doubles the whole space, and a large screen wall serves as a digital window. A curved fixed seating is arranged on the perimeter of the square. The flesh fabric of the millwork waves and flows reflecting the relaxing, inventive environment for guests to unwind and let the space envelop them. On the left and right walls, equidistant columns separate the main space from the white vaulted dining areas in the back,which allow for a more private affair. Capping off the space, the entry wall displays a long wood wall with a modular Marihuana leaf pattern.
Stella convenes the Speakeasy concept with the contemporary Italian Cuisine proposing an Art Deco influenced color palette. The elegant navy-blue background allows the flesh tones to create a warm atmosphere with sleek accent gold elements, on a nostalgic 1930s era tone. The central skylight bathes the bar with light at all times and works as a solar dial. When the sun sets, the lights commence a sequence of settings that get darker as the DJ stage on the corner takes prominence while the Italo disco night starts.


Photo Credit:Imagen Subliminal [Miguel de Guzmán + Rocío Romero]


Photo Credit:Imagen Subliminal [Miguel de Guzmán + Rocío Romero]


Photo Credit:MQ Architecture

Photo Credit:MQ Architecture