Kotori Restaurante São Paulo building, Chef Thiago Bañares Property, Brazilian Architecture Photos
Kotori Restaurante, Pinheiros, São Paulo
7 July 2021
Design: Coletivo de Arquitetos
Address: R. C̫nego Eug̻nio Leite, 639 РPinheiros, Ṣo Paulo РSP, 05414-011, Brazil
Kotori Restaurant project signed by Coletivo de Arquitetos (Brazil) propose an immersion into the japanese cultural imagination

Kotori Restaurante in Pinheiros, São Paulo
– Through the study of Japanese moorings and fittings that make use of wooden elements, the architecture project created by Coletivo de Arquitetos relies on this traditional oriental constructive reasoning to design the restaurant –

The Kotori restaurant located at Pinheiros district, a cultural and bohemian neighbourhood in São Paulo City (Brazil), was designed throughout 2020 and opened in 2021 with an architectural project made by Coletivo de Arquitetos. The result is a great immersion into the cultural imagination of Japan and a place where the Brazilian awarded chef Thiago Bañares seeks inspiration for his cuisine.
Numerous conversations and references studied throughout the process, added to a handful of images that the chef had collected, brought the office closer to the imagery desired by the restaurant’s owners. However, no image or reference was as decisive for the restaurant design as its own gastronomic proposal.

Yakitori, the main dish of the house, consists in a Japanese technique that u...