This taco restaurant in Vancouver, designed by local studio September, is filled with fibreglass Eames chairs and curvy black tables.Located in the city’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, the Mexican eatery occupies a former factory building that Australian architect H H Simmonds completed in 1942.
A row of windows brings natural light into the 2,800-square-foot (260-square metre) space, while volumes of gridded metal panels hang from the ceiling.
There is roughly 100 moulded fibreglass dining chairs and barstools by mid-century designers Charles and Ray Eames in a variety of green and yellow colours. Other curved details, including rounded edges on tables and pony walls, reference the shape of the chairs.
September sought to strike a balance between the building’s industrial past with the eatery’s Mexican menu and opted to reference the 1960s countercultural movements with a floral motif.
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Section view
Project Name:Tacofino Ocho
Project Location:Vancouver,Canada
Project Type: Restaurant Space/Bar
Finished Year:2018
Area:260SQM
InteriorDesign:September
GraphicDesign:Courtney Presber
ProjectArchitect:MGBA
construct:Pacific Solutions Contracting
Photography:Vishal Marapon