Located inside a 1930s building, the project preserved the original elements and incorporated an industrial and sustainable language
Submitted at Nov 25, 2020, 5:00 AM
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Concrete, steel, iron and MDF, it sounds more like a description of a building than an Argentine restaurant in Prague. But for the owner, Juan Cruz Pacin, that's where Gran Fierro's difference lies.
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With 390 m2 of space, located inside a historic building from the 1930s, close to the UNESCO monument zone, the restaurant that calls itself "sustainable soul" gained this new space after a major renovation by the award-winning Czech firm Formafatal .
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Diners order Argentine steak and succulent sausages while sitting on benches carved from steel beams, with a charcoal wall that glows in the light and shou-sugi-ban wall cladding – a Japanese method of preserving wood through charring.
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The space is divided into three parts: a main area with an open kitchen, an outdoor area with a winter garden, and a wing with VIP rooms. Concrete blocks create a decorative wall right at the entrance to the restaurant. This design It is a symbol of a new approach - not only in the architectural concept, but, above all, in the new mindset of Gran Fierro and its owner.
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"Dagmar's original proposal for a charcoal wall triggered one of the biggest transformations in the restaurant, because we were going to display charcoal pieces as decorative objects and so we had to think deeply about charcoal and its origins. It was then that we discovered that Many charcoal productions contribute to deforestation and we decided to raise awareness about the issue and start producing our own green BIO charcoal. Now we can say that the wall is our strongest statement", says owner Juan Cruz Pacin.
