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1375, Washington Street, Boston, MA, United States
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Banq
1375, Washington Street, Boston, MA, United States
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2008
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
Located in the old Penny Savings
Bank, Banq Restaurant capitalizes on the spatial and functional peculiarities of
the space as a ground for speculation and invention. Requiring maximum
flexibility on the ground for the re-organization of seating
arrangements, in contrast the ceiling is unencumbered by the myriad of
mechanical, structural, and acoustic limits inherited from the building. Thus,
the entire ceiling is covered by a wood-slatted system that encases and
conceals the inherited systems, while offering a large canopy under which to
dine. The wood slats are designed as a landscape, undulating in relation to the
very equipment they conceal overhead, while encasing the columns in the main
hall. The wine storage, in the middle of the hall, serves as another point of
support for the ceiling, and acts as a monumental trunk, keeping the canopy
aloft. Divided into two segments, the front area on Washington Street is
programmed as a bar, while the larger hall behind serves as the dining area. An
axial view from the street produces the proscenium from which to view the
canopy while lateral views give hints of the structural and mechanical devices
being convealed.
Bank, Banq Restaurant capitalizes on the spatial and functional peculiarities of
the space as a ground for speculation and invention. Requiring maximum
flexibility on the ground for the re-organization of seating
arrangements, in contrast the ceiling is unencumbered by the myriad of
mechanical, structural, and acoustic limits inherited from the building. Thus,
the entire ceiling is covered by a wood-slatted system that encases and
conceals the inherited systems, while offering a large canopy under which to
dine. The wood slats are designed as a landscape, undulating in relation to the
very equipment they conceal overhead, while encasing the columns in the main
hall. The wine storage, in the middle of the hall, serves as another point of
support for the ceiling, and acts as a monumental trunk, keeping the canopy
aloft. Divided into two segments, the front area on Washington Street is
programmed as a bar, while the larger hall behind serves as the dining area. An
axial view from the street produces the proscenium from which to view the
canopy while lateral views give hints of the structural and mechanical devices
being convealed.
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