Moshu Treehouse, San Nicolás Buenos Aires Building Development, Argentina Restaurant, South American Architecture
Moshu Treehouse in San Nicolás
8 Jun 2022
Architects: Hitzig Militello Architects
Location: San Nicolás, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America

Photos by Federico Kulekdjian
Moshu Treehouse, Buenos Aires
The Moshu Treehouse project is based in an old house in the Palermo neighborhood. The space in question underwent a complete overhaul, with two new accesses leading to two separate spaces complementing each other depending on the restaurant’s hours of operation.

Traditionally, patios in old Buenos Aires houses have been a space for congregation. Our first major design strategy was to create an access courtyard immediately adjacent to the facade as both a symbol and shock effect. This allowed for a new facade with a language of its own while still preserving the old style of the main facade. From a functional perspective, the patio is integral to the takeaway model, while also exploring a post-covid exterior use.
The proposed language was the outcome of a thorough breakdown of defining elements within the gastronomic proposal, one that celebrates the typical American pastry shop. Hence the reference to the old way of “cooling the pie by the window” and its corollary proposal to use multiple windows in the facade of the entrance courtyard.

Another determining element has been the abstract representation of “cakes or pies” made ...