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Extraordinary Desserts
Extraordinary Desserts
1430, Union Street, San Diego, CA, United States
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Extraordinary Desserts
1430, Union Street, San Diego, CA, United States
Chemistry is
inseparable from the art of creating pastry in the French tradition. The union
of science and aesthetics underlies the design for this San Diego patisserie. Perforations carved
into aluminum façade screens abstract the image of flour, the most basic
element in baking. LUCE et Studio’s confection is created through the alchemy
of steel, aluminum, glass and wood.
In the foreground,
an urban court presents the powerful façade of Extraordinary Desserts to an
emerging downtown neighbourhood. The patisserie indulges the visitor with
sensory and tactile stimulation; a fitting precursor to the act of eating cake.
The façade screen, perforated with macro-sized molecular ovals, encourages the
visitor to pass through, beginning the fantasy that is indulgence. Shade and
shadow play with the experience of passing through this skin. A low yet wide
portal is cut into the façade and a glass pivot door opens with magical
quality. Immediately one is confronted with cake, elegantly displayed on slabs
of northwest cedar and honed limestone.
Running south to
north, crossing the entry is the display of all things ‘sweet’. Passing through
this public border, one is met by a long bar oriented east to west that offers
those things ‘savory’. Seemingly contrasting flavours of sugar and salt merge
at the point where one enters the inner sanctum of the restaurant. The soft
textured wood of the dessert display crosses an ethereal plane of etched glass
that is the wine bar.
Throughout the
space, long linear tracks holding steel elements meant to line the space with
layers of visual composition. Passing through the entry wall, tall steel shelving
systems hang to tempt the urban visitor with gourmet food selections. At the
bar, suspended steel planes that display wines, teas and coffees compliment the
food. At the side alley façade, three large glass panels framed in steel slide
away on tracks to reveal an intimate court where dining is connected to the
perfect climate of the city. Finally, opposite the entry looking west, finely
carved cedar panels float to shield the restaurant from back of house. The wood
screen references the façade with only a wisp of the oval perforation evident
at the top of the panels.
These linings
contribute to an intimate enclosure, defining a dining space that houses many and
yet feels very personal. An extraordinary delight can be enjoyed in a space
that further articulates the notions of fantasy and indulgence; biting into the
forbidden fruit is well worth the guilt.
inseparable from the art of creating pastry in the French tradition. The union
of science and aesthetics underlies the design for this San Diego patisserie. Perforations carved
into aluminum façade screens abstract the image of flour, the most basic
element in baking. LUCE et Studio’s confection is created through the alchemy
of steel, aluminum, glass and wood.
In the foreground,
an urban court presents the powerful façade of Extraordinary Desserts to an
emerging downtown neighbourhood. The patisserie indulges the visitor with
sensory and tactile stimulation; a fitting precursor to the act of eating cake.
The façade screen, perforated with macro-sized molecular ovals, encourages the
visitor to pass through, beginning the fantasy that is indulgence. Shade and
shadow play with the experience of passing through this skin. A low yet wide
portal is cut into the façade and a glass pivot door opens with magical
quality. Immediately one is confronted with cake, elegantly displayed on slabs
of northwest cedar and honed limestone.
Running south to
north, crossing the entry is the display of all things ‘sweet’. Passing through
this public border, one is met by a long bar oriented east to west that offers
those things ‘savory’. Seemingly contrasting flavours of sugar and salt merge
at the point where one enters the inner sanctum of the restaurant. The soft
textured wood of the dessert display crosses an ethereal plane of etched glass
that is the wine bar.
Throughout the
space, long linear tracks holding steel elements meant to line the space with
layers of visual composition. Passing through the entry wall, tall steel shelving
systems hang to tempt the urban visitor with gourmet food selections. At the
bar, suspended steel planes that display wines, teas and coffees compliment the
food. At the side alley façade, three large glass panels framed in steel slide
away on tracks to reveal an intimate court where dining is connected to the
perfect climate of the city. Finally, opposite the entry looking west, finely
carved cedar panels float to shield the restaurant from back of house. The wood
screen references the façade with only a wisp of the oval perforation evident
at the top of the panels.
These linings
contribute to an intimate enclosure, defining a dining space that houses many and
yet feels very personal. An extraordinary delight can be enjoyed in a space
that further articulates the notions of fantasy and indulgence; biting into the
forbidden fruit is well worth the guilt.
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