POZNAN NADZIEJA RESTAURANT

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Agnieszka Owsiany Studio worked to incorporate key motifs of Bauhaus design into this Israeli restaurant, which has opened in Poznań, Poland.Serving up a plant-based menu of Israeli-inspired dishes, Nadzieja has been completed with a bright and warm interior that references sunny Tel Aviv and its abundance of Bauhaus architecture.Tel Aviv has over 4,000 Bauhaus-style buildings that were constructed by Jewish architects, who immigrated to the Israeli city during 1930s as the Nazis came into power in Germany.

Agnieszka Owsiany Studio kept this in mind when devising the new fit-out of the restaurant, which had previously been an Asian udon eatery.Several walls throughout the 80 square-metre restaurant have been clad in simple white tiles, in a nod to the pale Bauhaus buildings that populate Tel Aviv – a feature which eventually lent the destination the term of White City.Some other surfaces have been painted light beige, while a white curtain serves as a backdrop to the group dining area.

At the centre of the space is a long table with an eight-centimetre-thick wooden countertop. It’s surrounded by brown-leather chairs with tubular steel frames, echoing Bauhaus master Marcel Breuer’s famous Wassily chair.These chairs also appear in the main dining room, where there’s a mixture of seating options – as well as traditional low tables, there are also tall counters crafted from ivory granite and black bistro-style high chairs.

Windows have been left curtain-less to let in the maximum amount of natural light. Pendant lamps that dangle from the ceiling can also be switched on as evening falls and dimmed to foster a more intimate ambience.