Campobaja comes directly from Ensenada, Baja California. More than a restaurant that references the way food is prepared there, the idea was to literally transport a piece of Baja to Mexico City’s Colonia Roma.

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Architects: Estudio Atemporal

Location: Colima 124, Roma Nte., 06700 Ciudad de México, D.F., Mexico

Collaborator: Despacho Durango

Area: 224.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: LGM Studio - Luis Gallardo

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From the architect. Campobaja comes directly from Ensenada, Baja California. More than a restaurant that references the way food is prepared there, the idea was to literally transport a piece of Baja to Mexico City’s Colonia Roma.
© LGM Studio - Luis Gallardo

The space is composed of two levels: the first is a small street access that brings you to a wooden covered foyer that creates an initial sense of uncertainty. The second level is discovered when going up a staircase that reveals a brick-wall and that completely changes the spatial perception. The height dramatically increases and the covering structure becomes protagonic.

© LGM Studio - Luis Gallardo

This establishment was part of a group of businesses that were unified by a single arched-roof structure that was reshaped and s...