Mark Terra-Salomão | Looking Out Week 5

For Looking Out Week 5, here is a good example of how computational design doesn't have to produce something super-high-tech but can instead start to infiltrate (and much improve!) small, everyday spaces at Earl's Gourmet Grub, an artisanal deli in Los Angeles, California, by Freeland Buck.

The materiality and color palette are meant to "evoke both technological refinement and the more rustic feel of alpine landscapes and Viennese cafes." The clients wanted their place to have a contemporary architectural identity that goes along with having computationally-designed elements, but also wanted to represent the "alpine freshness" (?) of their quality food.

Freeland Buck delivered.

Alpine Freshness

For more information: http://www.archdaily.com/67444/earl%E2%80%99s-gourmet-grub-freelandbuck/?ad_medium=widget&ad_name=selected-buildings&ad_content=67444.