Studiomama transforms Yotam Ottolenghi’s check kitchen into “blissful house”
Multidisciplinary observe Studiomama has accomplished a vibrant overhaul of chef Yotam Ottolenghi’s check kitchen in London, creating pops of saffron yellow and raspberry pink.
Israeli-English chef Ottolenghi is revered for his tackle Center-Japanese cooking and has come to personal six completely different eateries throughout London.
His check kitchen – the place he develops and trials out new recipes with employees – is positioned within the north of the capital, occupying a disused railway arch.
The commercial setting was proving lower than inspiring for Ottolenghi, so Studiomama was introduced on board to revamp the kitchen.
Though no vital adjustments might be made to the construction of the railway arch itself, the studio as an alternative used vibrant colors to offer the culinary house a contemporary really feel.
“The Studiomama workforce managed to rework our check kitchen from a nondescript industrial unit underneath a grubby railway arch line right into a sunny, blissful house, the place the performance is completely adjusted to our wants: recipes testing, meals images and workplace work,” defined Ottolenghi.
“Merely being within the room is now a pleasure.”
The massive sloping window that fronts the check kitchen now incorporates a gridded, sunny yellow body.
This similar shade of yellow has been utilized as a trim to the plywood bookcase, desk and cabinets which have been fitted within the check kitchen.
One barely bigger shelving unit is particularly devoted to storing completely different materials offcuts, in opposition to which employees can artfully plated dishes.
Some drawers and the inside aspect of the bookcase – which is punctuated with a spherical opening – have been stained pinky-red in a nod to the hue of Ottolenghi’s signature raspberry meringue roulade.
A pink iteration of Belgian model Muller Van Severen‘s Hanging Lamp has additionally been put in beside the window and a berry-coloured coating has utilized to the steps, which leads right down to a storeroom.
The pops of yellow and pink are additionally meant to be evocative of the roster of vibrant spices that Ottolenghi incorporates all through his meals.
Plywood strains a majority of surfaces within the workplace space of the check kitchen, however the cooking space has been completed with gray security flooring and metal prep counters, made giant sufficient in order that employees can work at a distance if essential.
Primarily based between London and Stockholm, Studiomama was arrange within the 12 months 2000 by inventive couple Nina Tolstrup and Jack Mama. Earlier tasks embrace the revamp of a 300-year-old loft in Stockholm and the transformation of a tiny 13-square-metre cab workplace into a house.
The studio has additionally created numerous furnishings, corresponding to a trestle desk and a wardrobe that unfolds to develop into a room divider.
Images is by Moonraystudio.
Design: Studiomama
Carpenter: Armariadesign
