Kemi

The oyster restaurant I set out to design an intimate facility for oysters to be enjoyed raw or in specialist meals to small numbers of guests during the week days while creating an atmosphere where guests can reflect and retract from the busy London wall area.
The restaurant follows the path of the wall for the main circulation space and incorporates the original features into the wall of the new building.
As the area is surrounded by high storey blocks the main light will come from the open area facing the barbican, as such the eating areas are glazed and facing the barbican. The restaurant remains below the existing building level so as not to detract from any remaining views of St.Paul.
The farm is situated on the opposite side of London wall as this provides and existing quite space and an existing flow of Thames water, which is ideal for growing UK oysters.