The Tasting Room
Restaurant and Event Spaces
The ‘Tasting Room’ is part of a large transformation project covering all hospitality zones within the central area of the Rabobank Headquarters in Utrecht.
For this assignment with a significant sustainability challenge we designed a broad range of spaces creating a careful mix of re-used and new elements.
Each area with it’s own identity but reflecting the Rabobank core values.
Transformation of the former restaurant into an inclusive and sustainable food concept using left-overs and products from local suppliers and where you order your coffee in sign language.
Flexibility an circularity are key in this area both in lay-out options as in the individual interior components; the seating elements can individually be altered or replaced, table tops are made of old floorboards and the ceiling is insulated using worn jeans.
The mobile ‘plant carts’ function as green room dividers and enable different lay-out scenarios.
Adjacent to the restaurant are several event spaces where large groups can be accommodated for meeting, presentation and celebration.
Credits:
Client: Rabobank
Design: Meeder Ontwerpers X OIII Architecten
Photography: Thea van den Heuvel