An open kitchen and shelving made of Italian volcanic stone feature in a Greenwich Village pizzeria designed by architecture firm Büro Koray Duman.
SIMÃ’ Pizza was started in 2018 by the Naples-born chef Simone Falco and offers Neapolitan pizza and other fare made with high-quality ingredients. This is the eatery's second location, the other being in the Meatpacking District in New York City.
Büro Koray Duman added an open kitchen to the design of the pizzeria
Situated on University Place, the new shop occupies the ground floor of a 19th-century building that once housed the famed Hotel Albert. The rectangular space totals 1,400 square feet (130 square metres).
Büro Koray Duman ? which has offices in Manhattan and Istanbul ? aimed to design a space that celebrates historic New York and Naples, while also embodying SIMÒ's mission to be an authentic and affordable pizzeria. The design is meant to be both sophisticated and welcoming. The concept of "pattern as heritage" informed the restaurant's interiors
"The design centres around three concepts: cooking as performance, pattern as heritage, and the piazza as social space," the firm said.
A glazed wall offers views into the bright and airy shop. At the front, the team placed an open kitchen that was inspired by the traditional outdoor kiosks found in Naples.
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