Bogen Restaurant’s concept:
An ancient barrel-vaulted workshop hides under the dust of history along one of the oldest trade streets of BOLZANO. noa* breathes new life into this space, transforming it into a welcoming bistro poised between historical heritage and contemporary finesse.
photography by:© Alex Filz
Bolzano’s mercantile past echoes through the arcades of Via Portici, the city’s main axis, which has been a trading hub for Italian- and German-speaking merchants since the 13th century. The goods that would later reach the whole of Europe were stored in its warehouses. Like Via Portici, also the northern parallel street, Via Dr.
Streiter has preserved much of its original appearance: today, it still passes through three medieval stone arches. It was mentioned for the first time in a document from 1498 and overlaps the old northern moat of the first town center. About halfway down the street is a house that is hard to miss: with only two storeys, it is one of the lowest in the neighbourhood. An external staircase with an open corridor and round-arched portals provide access to the east side of the building, breaking up the compact street front. This house has been the backdrop for noa*’s latest interior design project.
photography by:© Alex Filz
The project involved the space on the ground floor where shoemakers, carpenters, carters, and wood and fruit merchants worked in the 19th century, and where later the first restaurant on the street w...