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Bandol
the World Of Hospitality
Acoustic walls limit any noise from the restaurant
for local residents, whilst a virtue was made of
the restaurant’s slim footprint by the design of a
series of intriguingly zoned spaces and continued
visual interest, so that there is something new to
catch the eye at every stage. Cleverly-positioned,
3m x 1m mirrors on the rear right-side wall also
enhance the feeling of space.
‘Our design DNA for the space was the use of
copper throughout as a signifier of the warmth
of the Provence and Riviera regions’, Jenny
Andersson commented, ‘together with a light
materials palette of pale brick, concrete render,
oak flooring, blond timbers, white, grey and
wicker chairs, smoked glass and a colour palette
of greys, blues and the palest salmon pink.
A sense of the outside is given by the indoor
planting of lemon trees in pots, ivy at the rear and
the half-ton, up-lit olive tree at the restaurant’s
heart. Industrial design notes maintain a sense of
contemporaneity, with an overall feel of al fresco
dining in a warm clime.’
The London Evening Standard newspaper, which
reviewed the restaurant on opening, summarised
the space as ‘so beautiful, you’ll want to steal the
entire look for your home.
Design walk-through:
The restaurant’s exterior fascia is a re-working of
an existing Victorian timber shopfront, protected
by Conservation Area status and now re-painted
in a mid-grey tone with a hint of blue. There is
an entrance door to the right and large central
glazing. Signage takes the form of ‘bandol’
lettering in 3D copper at the top of the fascia, with
the name/logo also printed onto the extending
canopy in a similar bronze tone.
As customers enter the space, they are greeted
by two stunning feature areas – the bar to the
left, lit by a long display of 24 glass pendants
spaced out in different sizes, lengths and colours
and a series of four tables to the right, made
of cantilevered, L-shaped copper panels which
continue as far as one metre up the wall and are lit
by bespoke bare-bulb, copper pipe pendant lights.
The wall surround around the copper panels is
in a concrete render, with a rough finish to add
textural interest. Two further small tables in zinc
with white J77 chairs from Hay also sit directly
behind the glazed section of the fascia.
The bar features a bespoke 400mm wide/50mm
deep copper top, which extends via a bull-n osed
edge beyond the rough-rendered concrete bar
front, which uses the same finish as the rightside wall. The bar back area is made up of a
copper piping framework with glazed shelving.
White-seated and timber-framed bar stools are by
Normann Copenhagen, whilst the bar-surround
flooring is in a series of dark and light grey
hexagonal concrete tiles with bold red grouting.
The chairs which accompany the four, right-side
copper tables are in wicker, with black metal
legs, from Cox & Cox. Flooring in this area
and throughout the remaining restaurant space
is a sanded, aged and stained oak, giving the
impression of being weathered and already in situ
for some time.
The dramatic feature lighting display over the bar
includes glass pendants from Royal Copenhagen,
whilst the two-sizes of alternating copper-andwood alternating pendant lighting to the rear of
the restaurant are from Libra. The lighting in the