Avling Kitchen & Brewery
LAMAS Architecture LTD
Project description
A renovation of an old A&P supermarket, Avling Kitchen and Brewery draws inspiration from the “field to glass” principle of early breweries. Fields of activity are delineated by larger than life 3x6 raw wood frames, pink steel, and optic fields of lights, glazing and a custom mural. Far beyond a simple renovation, the large gravity load of the fermentation tanks necessitated vast improvements to structure and foundation and the incorporation of a 400 square meter vegetable and herb garden on the roof. This allows the client to grow ingredients for their food and beer. The mural in the restaurant reinterprets the crop fields of rural Ontario as color fields, texturing and patterning the walls with abstract forms on the verge of recognition. From the mural to the pink painted structural steel and oversize wood framing, the design aims to subvert normative expectations of breweries and make a far more neutral and inclusive space for many different users.
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