The new Pizzeria San Lazzaro | Pizza Legend is the new project by Emanuele Svetti of Studio Svetti Architecture.
Architect Emanuele Svetti sought to create a new, unconventional environment, where the presence of surreal elements, that recall oneiric dimensions, can be experienced combined with a game of two-dimensional geometries: the black and white of the surfaces literally “quartered” by the unexpected inclusion of an iron giant that looks out, in an unprecedented perspective from the ceiling.
“This is the first time in which I work in the design of a Pizzeria” said the architect “and this is a Neapolitan pizzeria designed on Mars”.
Emanuele Svetti perfectly captures, in his sentence above, the irreverent irony for which he is known. His philosophy of design was based on finding a new format for the restaurant that was in keeping with Pizza Legend’s goal to de-emphasise the food and celebrate the taste of Italy’s status symbol. It was important to carefully consider the functionality of the commercial space which has a floor area of only 95sqm on a single level.
The architect worked closely with the pizza makers looking for the best possible optimisation to create a harmonious compromise between style and functionality.
The result is a captivating game of geometries with the grès used to create a geometric pattern capable of giving originality to the whole environment. The grès covers the floor and some walls creating a suggestive pattern effect, while a part of the restaurant room has been defined with a contrast line between black and white wall enamel.
In an unconventional choice, wallpaper was applied to the ceiling inspired by the ‘Project’ collection, designed for Zambaiti Parati. The studio reworked it specifically to make the application unique. As soon as the customer enters the restaurant, they are literally ‘welcomed’ by a robot that comes out to ‘greet’ the guest through a “gash” in the ceiling from which a part of the Cortona skyline can be glimpsed.
The counter covering is made from grès on a wooden structure that rests on the refrigerated metal elements, but here with a Venetian terrazzo effect that incorporates the contrast between white and black, emphasised by a skilful play of profiles of light that enhance the play of geometries.
The tables were made to design with a Pedrali base using grès tiles that act as a support surface. Seats are by Pedrali and the stools are positioned in front of the pizza making area.
San Lazzaro is a cosy, compact, original place and certainly far from the stereotype of the pizzeria, interpreted in the strong, playful and elegant style that characterises so many of the architect Emanuele Svetti’s projects.
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