Narrow pasta restaurant with painted hexagonal floor tiles and vintage white tables
White painted shopfront of an Italian fresh pasta shop in East London
Shop interior looking towards the window with shelves of jars and tiled floor
Pasta makers working at the marble counter under a pleated pendant lamp
Timber pasta making counter set in the shop window with stools alongside
View along the shop with refrigerated display cabinet and pendant lights
Dining tables at the window with the pasta counter and pendant lamps behind
Dining area with pale vintage chairs and circular painted motifs on the wall
Painted circular menu illustrations above white tables and vintage chairs
Green vintage table laid with glasses below painted hens and a rolling pin shelf
Detail of hexagonal floor tiles painted yellow, grey and white
Pasta maker cutting green filled pasta on the timber work counter
Close-up of green ravioli cut with a fluted pasta wheel on a wooden board

– Project: Retail

Burro e Salvia

This compact retail unit allows customers to enjoy delicious handmade pasta in beautiful, homely surroundings.  The pasta-making counter is positioned in the shop window, encouraging interested customers to enter and sample the work of the ‘sfogline’ or pasta makers, busy inside.
 
The space is divided practically. At basement level are kitchen, storage and office areas while the open ground floor space contains a restaurant and contemporary refrigerated unit for take away food.
 
Working with artist Lise Casalegno Marro and by sourcing furniture from a local vintage market in Turin, we were able to create an ambience that reflects the honesty, simplicity and comfort of the food produced here.
 

Concept

Material and colour board with pale green eggs, sage leaves and paint swatches
Hand drawn concept sketch of the shop with a long table and checkerboard floor
Closed shopfront with red roller shutter and decayed fascia before conversion
Red roller shutters and damaged render above the vacant shop unit
View from inside the empty shop out through the shutter to the street
Stripped interior with bare white walls and tiled floor before fit-out
Opened ceiling showing timber joists during strip-out works

Facts + Figures

Appointed

Completion

Area

Location

Photography

Press

Archilovers Best Project 2015 seal awarded to the Burro e Salvia shop
Burro e Salvia – Best Projects on Archilovers 2015
BOB magazine cover with a bold typographic collage about the city and workplace
Burro & Salvia published on BOB in Korea
Deco Journal magazine cover in mint green showing furniture and lighting
Burro e Salvia on Deco Journal
Architects' Journal thumbnail showing the white Burro e Salvia shopfront in London
Burro e Salvia on Architects’ Journal
Domus article card showing the timber counter and shelving inside Burro e Salvia
Burro e Salvia featured on Domus

Photography: Carlo Carossio