Rozmarin Restaurant, Wine Bar and Cafeteria

View of the lounge area in the underground wine bar.

Project Details

• Project Name: Rozmarin Restaurant, Wine Bar and Cafeteria
• Client: Altor d.o.o.
• Project Type: Interior Design
• Principal Designer: AKSL Arhitekti
• Design Team: spela Leskovic, Ales Kosak, Tina Vatovec
• Date of commencement of project: August 2005
• Date of completion of project: August 2006
• Location of site: Maribor, Slovenia
• Built-up Area: 900 square meters

View of the cafeteria located on the ground floor.

The Project

The restaurant is divided into five levels, which are connected to each other through its use as well as the extensive use of glass.

The cafeteria is situated in the ground floor. It communicates with the pedestrian through its glass facade. The space further links itself to its context through a continuity of material with the use of cubes of stone such as those commonly seen on the street.

Semi-transparent curtains create intimate spaces within the large dining area.

The restaurant area is accessed by stairs leading down from the cafeteria to it. A floating glass box is fixed between two columns at the entrance of the restaurant. Rosemary is planted in this box.

View of the reception space in the restaurant.

Minimal interventions and partitions allow for the kitchen to be visually accessible from the main dining space and thus intricately woven into it and it's activities.

The flooring and ceiling here are realized in chocolate brown epoxy. Walls are clad in mild violet leather to add character to space and also for reducing noise within it.

Semi-transparent curtains which can be extended in various directions create intimate spaces within the large dining area.

The console wine table emerges as the main element in the wine bar.

The wine bar is located six meters below the street level. The bar was designed with the intent of creating an ambience similar to that of a wine cellar, but not to be very literal in the process.

Wood is extensively used -- in the flooring, ceiling, doors and furniture.

A seven meter long console wine table, made of steel and wrapped in solid wood, emerges as the main element in this space.

A bar counter made of exposed concrete is placed opposite the table while the wine cellar is visibly located behind it.

View of the wine bar.

The lounge area is provided with low seating elements and is located near the staircase in the open volume of the glass facade. Modern chandeliers add a touch of the kitsch.

Vertical and inclined wooden ribs are used as shelves for presenting Slovenian cuisine products at the back of the wine bar.

A VIP space can be articulated in the bar with the aid of revolving doors made of wood and leather.

Credits

• Text: Courtesy of the architect
• Photographs by Miran Kambic, Courtesy of the architect
• Compiled and edited by Varun Ajani