The collective tables took their inspiration from Europe’s old taverns and beer cellars, or beer gardens, where they favor people meeting people, making conversation, and interacting socially.
Tapestries lining part of the restaurant’s walls and beams were designed by the visual artist Edmar de Almeida and made by weavers from the Triângulo Mineiro region. They reveal the architect’s constant concern to appreciate and preserve traditional Brazilian techniques. While creating a pleasant setting, these colorful tapestries also serve the technical function of absorbing sound.
The object supporting the menu attached next to the entrance to the restaurant is Lina Bo Bardi’s tribute to the great Uruguayan painter Torres Garcia.
From bottom to top: Arnaldo Pappalardo, Leonardo Finotti, reproduction Tiago Wright, Leonardo Finotti
Tiles for the restaurant and pool were commissioned from Rubens Gerchman, a leading artist from Rio de Janeiro. They hark back to the Portuguese tradition of using tiles in buildings, inherited by Brazilian architecture. Tiles bearing Brazilian motifs—banana leaf in the kitchen and fish in the pool—were freely set and mixed with white tiles by onsite workers themselves.