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Barsa Taberna
Barsa Taberna
26, Market Street, Old Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Project Featured on Feb 23, 2018
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Barsa Taberna
26, Market Street, Old Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Project Featured on Feb 23, 2018
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2014
SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft
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Located across from Toronto’s world-famous St. Lawrence Market, this modern tapas restaurant was designed to share the vibrant and warm Spanish culture of Barcelona. It is an energetic space with mouthwatering food and authentic Sangria.
The Barsa Taberna is a 3,000-square-foot underground cavern (partly beneath the sidewalk) with low ceilings and limited natural light. The team was confronted with numerous design challenges, historical designation prevented the alteration of windows, masonry stonewalls, and the main door. This however, inspired the use of colour, light, pattern and material that brought to life this underground tavern. The result was a sleek, edgy interior that balanced freeform expression with a modernist architectural language.
The restaurant is separated into two distinct spaces: a bar area and a back dining area. In the bar area there is a Gaudí-influenced floor pattern that runs up the walls of the kitchen, along the bar and bar front. There are custom-designed stools lining the bar, made of salvaged, old-growth pine, and dubbed the “becho mio” or “little pests”. Three custom-designed LED light fixtures hang above the bar, their armatures resembling a charging bull, frozen in a stop motion sequence. The dining area is defined by a mosaic glass wall that is back lit, made of 1,500 coloured wine bottles, each individually hand-cut. The old stone archways delineate the back dining space, narrow with low-ceilings. To activate the cozy space, the team integrated a rear-lit mural, with artwork created in collaboration with local graffiti artist, Pascal Paquette. To further alleviate the windowless space, cove lighting is inserted around the wood beams in the ceiling space.
A spacious 75-seat patio runs the length of the Barsa Taberna. The exterior acts as an anchor in the revitalization project along Market Street. The restaurant animates the thoroughfare and injects life into the neighbourhood.
The Barsa Taberna is a 3,000-square-foot underground cavern (partly beneath the sidewalk) with low ceilings and limited natural light. The team was confronted with numerous design challenges, historical designation prevented the alteration of windows, masonry stonewalls, and the main door. This however, inspired the use of colour, light, pattern and material that brought to life this underground tavern. The result was a sleek, edgy interior that balanced freeform expression with a modernist architectural language.
The restaurant is separated into two distinct spaces: a bar area and a back dining area. In the bar area there is a Gaudí-influenced floor pattern that runs up the walls of the kitchen, along the bar and bar front. There are custom-designed stools lining the bar, made of salvaged, old-growth pine, and dubbed the “becho mio” or “little pests”. Three custom-designed LED light fixtures hang above the bar, their armatures resembling a charging bull, frozen in a stop motion sequence. The dining area is defined by a mosaic glass wall that is back lit, made of 1,500 coloured wine bottles, each individually hand-cut. The old stone archways delineate the back dining space, narrow with low-ceilings. To activate the cozy space, the team integrated a rear-lit mural, with artwork created in collaboration with local graffiti artist, Pascal Paquette. To further alleviate the windowless space, cove lighting is inserted around the wood beams in the ceiling space.
A spacious 75-seat patio runs the length of the Barsa Taberna. The exterior acts as an anchor in the revitalization project along Market Street. The restaurant animates the thoroughfare and injects life into the neighbourhood.
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