RAW BAR

 

2014

Special Jury Prize - ACTIVE HOUSE AWARD 2013

public facilities, restaurant - bar

school project

 

 

Raw food based restaurants are becoming a major trend, therefore we decide to base our project on this cuisine and bring this lifestyle to the city of Ghent in Belgium.

Designed raw food bar with a private garden is near the histoical city centre. It is a reconstruction of an old historical vaulting cellar from the 17th century  in a yard of a Bed & Breakfast hotel. Through the use of modern systems a design of a passive standard object has been achieved. Thanks to the reconstruction the previously ruined space gained a new meaning and function.

The space is organized to meet the requirements for preparing an uncooked meals including areas for growing its own vegetables, food storage and water reservoirs with rainwater re-used for watering the plants. The main volume - the restaurant, is underground. The secondary space is the green house volume, which is partially earth sheltered. These two volumes overlap and benefit from each other.

Some walls of the cellar are demolished to access essential view on the water level and surrounding area. To emphasize the contact with water we use floating terrace. It is constructed from old barrels. The terrace is used for sitting and also for growing bush-y vegetation (such as currants), which also serves as a natural barrier preventing falling into the water. 

 

 

 

http://www.velux.cz/odbornici/architekti-a-projektanti/souteze/active-house-award