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ARCHIVE 2017
Space 1: the entrance, the “Ready-made”. Act one: The Palais’ Agora At the entrance, the first space, named “Ready-made,” has a stronger link with the Palais de Tokyo and its artistic life. It is a coffeehouse–theater, an agora type of space where dining becomes a performance. Here you can eat and drink to the rhythm of the installations and more informally, either seated, standing, or in between, above, on chairs or on a banquette. The staggered bleacher levels are conducive to encounters, and lovebirds can perch up high with their drinks at hand. We can discover the spaces of the Palais in a different light, with a broad perspective opened up for the visitors. The modularity of this space, offers multiple combinations, and a variable geometry. Always on the sustainable tone, a selection of furniture and objects are made of recycled plastics, marbles among other materials.
Space 2 “Les Grands Verres”. Act two: Back to earth The Master piece of the place: an 18 meters long bar underlines the central area of the restaurant, made entirely of rammed earth, a 100% natural and sustainable material. A first for Paris. This bar is the genuine “magnet of people.” Thanks to its lively active and sensual materiality, it is the beating heart of the crowd and of the discussions underway. We see here an interactive bar and the focus of constant movement between guests, cocktail addicts and chefs. Lina Ghotmeh draws in this place a natural, deeply humanistic atmosphere, reminding us that earth is the origin of all food. Besides this exquisite piece of earth, a more intimate space is modeled with custom wooden alcove banquettes, wood tables, chairs invite people to eat comfortably in smaller groups with whispers are kept in small groups.
The “Glass House”, a privatized space. Act three: Dining in the hollow space of a work of art Dubbed the “Glass House”, the final act consists of: the restaurant’s most intimate space, which can be privatized for a deep culinary experience: whether among friends, or with the family, along the Eiffel tower’s view, the intention is to gather around a large 20+ people table whose curvilinear forms, inspired by nature, evokes a reflective drop of water, a perfect spectacle for the guests of a special evening. Irreverence and experimentation will reign in this space, which communicates with the rest of the restaurant with its frosted glass interface.
