Doyle Collection Co.,ltd

Mar y Tierra

Mar y Tierra
© Satoru Umetsu/ Nacasa&Partners

Mar y Tierra

Doyle Collection

AREA
101 m²

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Nishinomiya, Japan 

CATEGORY
Restaurant

“Mar y Tierra” is a restaurant that provides Spanish cuisine and wine.

Mar y Tierra
© Satoru Umetsu/ Nacasa&Partners
Mar y Tierra
© Satoru Umetsu/ Nacasa&Partners

It stands at the end of the back alley with high level visibility.

Spanish buildings’ usage change with lapse of time.And you can see this from the appearance of the buildings’ exterior or as a total.

Mar y Tierra
Mar y Tierra
© Satoru Umetsu/ Nacasa&Partners

There are many interesting building examples where the old and the new coexist well.

This time, we were inspired by this present Spain, when designing Mar y Tierra.

Mar y Tierra
© Satoru Umetsu/ Nacasa&Partners
Mar y Tierra
© Satoru Umetsu/ Nacasa&Partners

This is a two story building. Firstly, to make an impressive façade, we filled in the missing gaps of the wall partially to design one large surface that will connect to the other walls.

However, in order to emphasize the new ideas that we added to this existing building, we did not just line up the walls but also changed the materials and lighting productions.

This is to incorporate the inspiration mentioned above and we have succeeded to maximize the potential of this building.

Mar y Tierra
© Satoru Umetsu/ Nacasa&Partners
Mar y Tierra
© Satoru Umetsu/ Nacasa&Partners
Mar y Tierra
© Satoru Umetsu/ Nacasa&Partners

There is an open kitchen and group seats on the first floor, and main dining on the second floor.

We used warm style materials for the total design’s image. Images of Spain’s “Taverna” which means tavern in Spanish and “Wine storage”.

To capture the customers’ interests, we removed the “newness” and organized with the essence of contemporary atmosphere which will never fade.

Mar y Tierra
© Satoru Umetsu/ Nacasa&Partners


Mar y Tierra
© Satoru Umetsu/ Nacasa&Partners
Mar y Tierra
© Satoru Umetsu/ Nacasa&Partners
Mar y Tierra
© Satoru Umetsu/ Nacasa&Partners


Mar y Tierra
First Floor Plan
Mar y Tierra
Ground Floor Plan

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