Programe

Restaurant for Kanal Centre Pompidou

About

Located on the fifth floor of the Kanal Centre Pompidou Showroom, the winning proposal for the restaurant embraces its full potential by offering view on the city. The project believes that a con­tem­po­rary gas­tro­nom­ic des­ti­na­tion should not be a space of ex­clu­sion, but one which in­cludes and con­dens­es cul­tur­al, spa­tial and ur­ban pa­ra­me­ters into its core. Extensive re­search was done on the his­to­ry and fu­ture of fine din­ing and the con­tem­po­rary food cul­ture of Brussels, to an­swer the many am­bi­tions of Kanal-Pompidou. Three 11 m long ta­bles will oc­cu­py the space and are a base for a pub­lic restau­rant and many set­tings. Subtle arrange­ments of nar­row light beams, flower com­po­si­tions, ser­vice sta­tions, and an el­e­gant chair de­sign help to cre­ate the nec­es­sary sep­a­ra­tion be­tween dif­fer­ent din­ner par­ties, with­out weak­en­ing their com­mon ground. By cen­tral­is­ing the din­ing area, we have lib­er­at­ed the perime­ter of the room for everyone. Stools, side ta­bles and bench­es are spread to in­vite peo­ple to linger around the façade. The kitchen and bar present them­selves as a fourth ta­ble in the room. The restau­rant doesn’t present it­self sole­ly as a space for con­sump­tion, but rather as a pro­duc­tive en­vi­ron­ment, where guests, chefs, cooks and wait­ers to­geth­er move around in a col­lec­tive ef­fort to make a beau­ti­ful din­ner possible.

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Typology

Hotels, restaurants, bars

Status

Ongoing building work

Year of conception

2023

Year of delivery

2025

Client

Fondation Kanal

Total budget

650.000

Area

300

Square Sainctelette
1000 Bruxelles

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