Cosmopolitan, alternative atmosphere, and with a fun point. This is the atmosphere that is breathed in Sumac & Mambothe new restaurant that has opened in the heart of Barcelona’s L’Eixample by Pantea Group.
The restaurant, fruit of the creativity between Ricard Trench (Trench Studio) and Florence Finsterwald (IF Architects), offers us a trip back to the origins and traditions to enjoy modern cuisine, hot coals and craft beer in a vibrant environment full of light that creates a tour of the middle east in the 1970s and takes us to today.
The space exudes 70s inspiration, especially highlighting the patterns that decorate the ceilings. Patterns that in addition to having an aesthetic intention, serve to zone. These ‘patterns’ are inspired by residential works by Gio Ponti such as La Villa Planchart in Venezuela and the halls designed by Antoni Moragas in Barcelona in the late 1960s.
Two differentiated zones
This new restaurant has two different areas connected to each other by a large bar. As soon as we enter the premises from Calle de Enrique Granados, on the left we find the most informal and fun space of the premises, Mambo.
Here the rounded shapes of furniture They are accompanied by a color palette that plays with earth and blue tones. A lounge with a casual and bright atmosphere designed to have a snack and taste a craft beer.
About the cement walls, painted in an intense blue at half height, stand out some original luminaires. They are half spheres in bronze, of different sizes, backlit, which give depth and generate an interesting volumetry. The ceiling has been worked with a pattern of irregular shapes painted in a tile tone.
A large bar, a link between the spaces
A wooden bead curtain from floor to ceiling dresses a wide corridor, in front of it stands out a large bar counter, a link between the restaurant area (sumac) and the lounge (Mambo), with attractive lighting and covered with rectilinear volumes of concrete.
The yellow color of the handle of the fifteen craft beer taps stands out against the intense blue of the wall tiles. The ceiling is differentiated from the rest of the room by a pattern of wide lines in yellow on white.
“The Sumac makes you dance Mambo” pray some large neon letters on the bar, a declaration of intent to connect and create a link between the two large spaces of the premises.
Sumac, the great Iranian gastronomy space is inspired by the avant-garde Tehran of the 70s
sumacwhose name comes from a species used in Iranian gastronomy, offers cuisine from this country, the birthplace of one of its founders, but with very European nuances and with a vision of the place inspired by the avant-garde Tehran of the 70s.
This area of the restaurant stands out for its open kitchen philosophy, for its large dimensions, and for the high ceilings with columns. Although it may seem otherwise, it does not receive natural light, although it is perfectly emulated thanks to a trompe l’oeil effect: one of the walls has been covered with huge, fully backlit, half-height windows, this heightens the feeling of spaciousness and achieves a surprising brightness.
In Sumac, the interior designers have chosen to follow the color palette of its informal brother Mambo, with earth and blue tones in the furniture. Here traditional materials are added in clear homage to the Iranian lands, such as the hanging lamps and handmade terracotta vases, the chairs and the suspended lamps made of natural cane and the tables with ceramic mosaic tops.
To maximize the space, the entire perimeter of the premises has been designed with long benches made to measure on the walls, which in addition to enhancing the feeling of spaciousness, generates a certain bond of socialization between diners. An area has also been set aside for tables with greater privacy, with benches facing each other.
The symmetrical pattern of the ceiling makes it possible to differentiate the room from the rest, this time with geometries in blue on white. The large central kitchen has been covered with triangular ceramic tiles in yellow and a mosaic of tiny tiles has been used for its front wall.
More information | Trench Studio | Sumac & Mambo
Photographer | David Villanova
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