Stella’s Cucina最初被设想为一个大麻酒廊，坐落在一个面向博尔德历史区的新商业建筑的核心位置。由于从外部无法看到该企业，该空间没有与城市建立关系；因此，我们将该项目设想为美国禁酒时代Speakeasy地下场景的继承者，我们寻求机会通过中央天窗带来自然光。这种老式的、优雅的、但隐蔽的空间的想法，深刻地影响了项目的设计。只有一个 “S “表示Stella在核桃街的入口，隐藏在一个高耸的12英尺的铝门后面，在一个穿孔金属罩下。

Originally conceived as a cannabis lounge, Stella’s Cucina sits in the core of a new commercial building facing Boulder’s Historic District. As the enterprise could not be seen from the exterior, the space does not establish relationships with the city; therefore, we envisioned the project as an inheritor of the Speakeasy underground scene of the American Prohibition era and we sought the opportunity to bring natural light through a central skylight. This idea of an old-fashioned, elegant, but concealed space, profoundly influenced the design of the project. Only an “S” indicates Stella’s entrance on Walnut Street, hidden behind a towering 12 feet aluminum door under a perforated metal canopy.

从进入建筑到坐在餐桌前，斯特拉餐厅是一个全新的接待体验，一个笼罩在优雅和神秘中的体验：当人们打开铝门时，空间被弯曲的白色天花板所压缩。一边现有的砖墙和它在对面镜面墙上的倒影，护送着客人进入室内。在大厅里，一堵带有登记窗口的橡木墙等待着来访者，一个看不见的保镖在那里给客人发牌。从那里，一扇隐藏的木门揭示了一个黑暗的走廊，主人在那里欢迎来访者，并带领他们穿过一个木墙的压缩和昏暗的空间。

From entering the building to sitting at your table, Stella’s is an entirely new hospitality experience, one shrouded in elegance and mystery: as one opens the aluminum door, the space is compressed with a curved white ceiling. The existing brick wall on one side and its reflection along the opposite mirrored wall, escort guests to the interior. In the lobby, an oak wall with a check-in window awaits the visitors, where an unseen bouncer cards the guests. From there, a hidden wooden door reveals a dark corridor, where the host welcomes the visitors and walks them through a compressed and dimmed space with wood walls.

昏暗的光线使人的眼睛适应，开槽的弧形墙迫使它改变方向，把客人推到方形的餐厅，在海军蓝的背景下，中央有一个巨大的16’x16’的天窗。光线通过一个金色的铝制鸡蛋箱被过滤。在下面，一个45度旋转的吧台带着弧形的角落欢迎并邀请客人到周边的桌子上。这个入口处的景观强调了网格，使客人可以瞥见整个餐厅，而后面的镜面墙使整个空间扩大了一倍，一个大屏幕墙作为数字窗口。

The low light adapts the eye and the slotted curved wall forces it to change direction and pushes the guest into the squared dining room with a massive 16’x16’ skylight centered in a navy blue background. The light is filtered through a golden aluminum egg crate. Below, a 45-degree rotated bar with curved corners welcomes and invites the guests onto the perimeter tables. This entrance view emphasizes the grid and allows the guest to have a glimpse of the whole dining room, while the back mirrored wall doubles the whole space, and a large screen wall serves as a digital window.

在广场的周边安排了一个弧形的固定座位。木制品的肉质面料波浪起伏，反映出轻松、别出心裁的环境，让客人放松身心，让空间笼罩着他们。在左边和右边的墙壁上，等距的柱子将主空间与后面的白色拱顶用餐区隔开，这样就可以进行更私密的活动了。在空间的顶部，入口处的墙面上展示了一堵长长的木墙，上面有模块化的马里亚纳树叶图案。

A curved fixed seating is arranged on the perimeter of the square. The flesh fabric of the millwork waves and flows reflecting the relaxing, inventive environment for guests to unwind and let the space envelop them. On the left and right walls, equidistant columns separate the main space from the white vaulted dining areas in the back, which allow for a more private affair. Capping off the space, the entry wall displays a long wood wall with a modular Marihuana leaf pattern.

斯特拉将Speakeasy的概念与当代意大利美食结合起来，提出了一种受装饰艺术影响的色调。优雅的海军蓝背景让肉色的色调创造出一种温暖的气氛，加上光滑的重点黄金元素，在1930年代的怀旧基调上。中央的天窗让酒吧时刻沐浴在光线中，并作为一个太阳能表盘发挥作用。当太阳落山时，灯光开始一连串的设置，随着角落里的DJ舞台的突出，灯光变得越来越暗，而意大利迪斯科之夜开始了。

Stella convenes the Speakeasy concept with contemporary Italian Cuisine proposing an Art Deco-influenced color palette. The elegant navy-blue background allows the flesh tones to create a warm atmosphere with sleek accent gold elements, on a nostalgic 1930s-era tone. The central skylight bathes the bar with light at all times and works as a solar dial. When the sun sets, the lights commence a sequence of settings that get darker as the DJ stage on the corner takes prominence while the Italo disco night starts.

Architects: MQ Architecture
Area : 4000 ft²
Year : 2022
Photographs :Imagen Subliminal, Miguel Quismondo
Manufacturers : Arper, Carnegie, Daltile, Juniper Design, Maharam, Pablo Designs, Raw Creative
Architect of Record : Bray Architecture, Inc
Structural Engineer : Gebau Structural Engineers
Civil Engineer : Scott Cox & Associates, Inc.
MEP Engineers : Boulder Engineering Company
Lighting Consultant : MAP Design Studio
Designer : Miguel Quismondo, Juan Carlos Bragado
Team : Jacobo Mingorance, Ignacio de Siloniz
Program : Originally conceived as a cannabis lounge, Stella’s Cucina, at the moment, is a speakeasy Italian cuisine restaurant
Graphic Design : Waterhouse Cifuentes
City : Boulder
Country : United States