A new restaurant was born in Barranco, the main design district of Lima, also known all around the world as the capital of gastronomy. Mérito – this is its name – fully realizes the trend of the so-called ‘fusion’, blending food and architecture in a unique concept devoted to warmth and intimacy. The interior design by Ghezzi Novak in collaboration with Pamela Remy of Blanco, focuses on the recovery of the raw materials of the preexistent space: adobe bricks (a mixture of clay, sand and straw widely used throughout the Andean area), wood, stone, wrought iron and paper. The two floors of the restaurant also respond to a conceptual instance: if the first is the action plan, with a charred wood central table and a glass cover that serves as both a dining table and a kitchen top, the second is the “calmness” floor, with its exposed bricks, wooden tables and benches, and paper lamps to soften the light for an even more intimate atmosphere.
Mérito. The warmest adobe restaurant in Lima
Wood, stone, paper and adobe define a new restaurant designed by Ghezzi Novak + Blanco that blends architecture and food.
Photos Ivan Salinero and Renzo Rebagliati
Photos Ivan Salinero and Renzo Rebagliati
Photos Ivan Salinero and Renzo Rebagliati
Photos Ivan Salinero and Renzo Rebagliati
Photos Ivan Salinero and Renzo Rebagliati
Photos Ivan Salinero and Renzo Rebagliati
Photos Ivan Salinero and Renzo Rebagliati
Photos Ivan Salinero and Renzo Rebagliati
Photos Ivan Salinero and Renzo Rebagliati
Photos Ivan Salinero and Renzo Rebagliati
Photos Ivan Salinero and Renzo Rebagliati
Photos Ivan Salinero and Renzo Rebagliati
Photos Ivan Salinero and Renzo Rebagliati
Photos Ivan Salinero and Renzo Rebagliati
Photos Ivan Salinero and Renzo Rebagliati
Photos Ivan Salinero and Renzo Rebagliati
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- Marta Milasi
- 25 January 2019
- Barranco, Perù
- Ghezzi Novak + Blanco
- Restaurant
- 2018
- Mérito
- Ristorante
- Arturo and Gustavo Ghezzi Novak
- Pamela Remy
- Ivan Salinero and Renzo Rebagliati
- 2018
The wood and wrought iron Mérito's entrance door in Barranco district, Lima.
The burnd black wood table with a glass surface at the ground floor.
Ghezzi Novak studio has designed a fusion restaurant with the aim of recovering the raw and original materials of the space: adobe, stone and iron bricks.
Ghezzi Novak studio has designed a fusion restaurant with the aim of recovering the raw and original materials of the space: adobe, stone and iron bricks.
The stone coat hanger recalls the same raw materials of walls and furniture.
The wood and glass central table that is both dining and kitchen.
Ghezzi Novak studio has designed a fusion restaurant with the aim of recovering the raw and original materials of the space: adobe, stone and iron bricks.
Ghezzi Novak studio has designed a fusion restaurant with the aim of recovering the raw and original materials of the space: adobe, stone and iron bricks.
Tables, benches and stools in wood with adobe-stones walls and paper lamps at the second floor.
Ghezzi Novak studio has designed a fusion restaurant with the aim of recovering the raw and original materials of the space: adobe, stone and iron bricks.
Ghezzi Novak studio has designed a fusion restaurant with the aim of recovering the raw and original materials of the space: adobe, stone and iron bricks.
The paper lamps give an even warmer and more intimate atmosphere thanks to a soft and soft light.
Ghezzi Novak studio has designed a fusion restaurant with the aim of recovering the raw and original materials of the space: adobe, stone and iron bricks.
Ghezzi Novak studio has designed a fusion restaurant with the aim of recovering the raw and original materials of the space: adobe, stone and iron bricks.
Ghezzi Novak studio has designed a fusion restaurant with the aim of recovering the raw and original materials of the space: adobe, stone and iron bricks.
Small tables and stools in wood at the second floor, the "calmness" one.