Local architecture studio RA! took cues from Latin American art deco design when creating the tiny interior of Los Alexis, a small taqueria in Mexico City's Roma Norte neighbourhood.
Los Alexis is a taco eatery ? or taqueria ? in Roma, a famed district in Mexico City, which features examples of art deco architecture.
Los Alexis is a small taqueria
RA! drew on the "vibrant personality" of the area when designing the single 15-square-metre room restaurant, housed within a former beer depository.
"One of the most important requests of our client was for this tiny space to shine among the rest of the retail premises on the street," said studio co-founder and designer Pedro Ramírez de Aguilar.
RA! clad the floors and walls in a mosaic of broken tiles RA! clad the walls and floors in a distinctive mosaic of broken ceramic tiles with green joints as an ode to Barcelona, where chef Alexis Ayala spent time training, the designer told Dezeen.
A curved bar finished in slabs of ribbed green material fronts the open kitchen, which is positioned on the right of the small open space.
Utilitarian materials were selected for their resilience
Utilitarian materials, including the tiles, were chosen throughout the restaurant for their "endurance and fast cleaning processes".
White-painted steel breakfast-style stools line the bar, which has a bartop made of steel ? selected for its resistance to grease, according to Ramírez de Aguilar.

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