Cento61 — Wallpaper*
Cento61 on Wallpaper*, the latest project by Studio Didea.
The project stems from the renovation of an old restaurant located in a historic early-1900s building, following the clients' intention to create “a special venue with a light, informal atmosphere, that becomes a regular meeting place for the people of Palermo to eat, drink, share and return to”. The venue is introduced by a large outdoor space and then develops across 130 sqm of interior at a lowered level of 1.50 m.
The great centuries-old Cycas palm defines the pivot around which the garden design unfolds. White-painted metal – as a tight-mesh net and as framework – is the constant design signature throughout the various spaces inside the venue; the metal elements alternate with oak wood panels, slabs of Calacatta marble and Niagara-blue inserts, creating a geometry of full colors and warm materials that makes the interior vivid; the fluorescent yellow and light-blue tones of the seats, alternating with the cobalt blue of the sofas, further enliven the space.