72 Market Street Restaurant

In Architecture

Posted: Mar 30th, 2009 / Last Edited: Jun 1st, 2010 Print

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This restaurant was a new piece of construction utilizing a historic building on a small street of rich architectural heritage in Venice, California. The building was part of the original colonnaded texture of downtown Venice. Central to the renovation was the insertion of a new column, aligned with the cast-iron column of the front façade, which literally helped to support the old building: the etched metal post, placed in the middle of a cubical bar area, supported an earthquake tension ring. The pre-existing slender column was contrasted with a short, thick and hollow metal construction with a bolted capital supporting only horizontal loads. The “main room” was straightforward and simple, seating sixty people in a rectangular left-over between the front and the back. The project addressed issues of loss of center, destabilization, and the breaking and making of architecture. It was meant to be perceived as a permanent building in a city that worships the ephemeral.
This restaurant was a new piece of construction utilizing a historic building on a small street of rich architectural heritage in Venice, California. The building was part of the original colonnaded texture of downtown Venice. Central to the renovation was the insertion of a new column, aligned with the cast-iron column of the front façade, which literally helped to support the old building: the etched metal post, placed in the middle of a cubical bar area, supported an earthquake tension ring. The pre-existing slender column was contrasted with a short, thick and hollow metal construction with a bolted capital supporting only horizontal loads. The “main room” was straightforward and simple, seating sixty people in a rectangular left-over between the front and the back. The project addressed issues of loss of center, destabilization, and the breaking and making of architecture. It was meant to be perceived as a permanent building in a city that worships the ephemeral.
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