La Hermosa de Alba Restaurant, Santander Commercial Interior, Cantabria Architecture, Spanish Architecture Images
La Hermosa de Alba Restaurant, Santander
25 Sep 2020
La Hermosa de Alba Restaurant
Architects: ZOOCO ESTUDIO
Location: Santander, Cantabria, Spain

The Project is situated in Tetuan Street in Santander. It is one of the main spots of the gastronomy activity in the whole city where the traditional seafood restaurant are abundant. La Hermosa de Alba proposes a different cuisine, based on the product of the land and applying different culinary techniques, in a casual, innovative and fresh environment.

The place is small and is located in a building between blind walls. It is accessed from the north with a small facade, while the south facade faces a courtyard.
Treatment of the walls in two colors is proposed. The gray ceramic floor continues through the vertical walls forming a high baseboard throughout the space, whereas the rest of the vertical walls and the ceiling are white, looking for a neutral, bright and functional essence.
The rectangular floor space is organized with a plot of parallel lines in its longitudinal direction, equidistant from each other. These ?lines? are materialized by means of wooden slats that run continuously through the walls and ceiling.

The “lines” are broken to solve the different functional needs, such as running benches, high tables, storage areas, the bottle rack, etc. At the same time that they order elements, the...