Mexico City studio MYT+GLVDK has designed a fast-casual restaurant where exposed concrete walls are covered in wavy green metal mesh.
The office led by Andrés Mier y Terán and Regina Galvanduque completed both the architectural and graphic identities for Órale Milanga, located in the city's upscale Polanco neighbourhood.
The Órale Milanga restaurant is designed to have a relaxed atmosphere, which is channelled through both its interiors and branding
The restaurant celebrates the "comforting and beloved" dish, the Milanese ? which many countries claim to have birthed ? in a new concept by Venezuelan chef Jorge Udelman.
"Órale Milanga proposes a fast casual concept that invites you on a journey through Milanese, the main character of a single-item menu that honours different culinary traditions with a variety of ingredients and preparations," said MYT+GLVDK. Olive green accents are a common theme, found in metal-mesh wall panels and seating upholstery
For the interiors, the multidisciplinary studio overlaid the original exposed concrete walls with panels of wavy, olive-green mesh within metal frames in the same hue.
Mirrors also fill a row of the wall-mounted frames, creating the impression of more space for the narrow footprint.
Tubular-steel stools accompany the pale wood bar counter
Similar framework forms a tall, open shelving unit on the other side of the restaurant, partially concealing a green staircase that leads up to additional seating on a ...