Langarita Navarro Architects

Lolita Restaurant

Lolita Restaurant
© Miguel de Guzmán

LOLITA

Langartia Navarro Arquitectos

ARCHITECTS
Langartia Navarro Arquitectos

LOCATION
La Almunia De Doña Godina, Spain

CATEGORY
Restaurant

YEAR
2010

PHOTOGRAPHS
Miguel De Guzmán

Text description provided by architect.

Lolita is not just another roadside restaurant off a busy interstate - a rare species within the prestigious restaurant world.

Lolita Restaurant
© Miguel de Guzmán
Lolita Restaurant
© Miguel de Guzmán

With the focus on versatile design, Langarita Navarro Arquitectos thoughtfully created a flexible space capable of setting itself up as a scenario for almost any type of activity.

Lolita is located in La Almunia de Doña Godina, junction 270 of Autovía A-2, in a strategic position from a logistical point of view between the commercial routes of Madrid-Barcelona and Valencia-Bilbao, just a few kilometres from several towns and in the vicinity of the university campus of the EUPLA.

Lolita Restaurant
© Miguel de Guzmán
Lolita Restaurant
© Miguel de Guzmán

The building seeks to exploit a variety and mixture of activities, on one hand attending to the different groups of users and on the other to the diversity of lengths of stays, that can go from the 10 minutes spent by the occasional visitor on a coffee break to the lunch taken by the regular patrons that follow the commercial routes, the compulsory rest times of the haulage drivers, the afternoons of the students who take advantage of the Wi-Fi networks or the full day spent by guests at a celebration.

The project is configured as a cumulative space of experiences that, by linking two autonomous and differentiated systems, explores the compatibility of the open-plan model with one of specific and designated spaces.

Lolita Restaurant
Lolita Restaurant
© Miguel de Guzmán

The soft system configures a continuous space of irregular geometry perforated by patios where the camp-style grouping of furniture and the flexible lighting enable different ways of organising the space.

The interior is characterised by a patterned/semi-perforated concrete slab and by the wood, glass and polycarbonate of the walls.

Lolita Restaurant
© Miguel de Guzmán
Lolita Restaurant
© Miguel de Guzmán

The façade is a variable-section double strip that establishes a dynamic and variable relationship with the exterior space, facilitating the full view of the surrounding landscape while in the interior creating a complex play of reflections and transparencies.

The rigid system is a build-up of specialised boxes made from 8-metre-long alveolar panels and brick walls that house specific and to some extent ritualised programmes.

Lolita Restaurant
© Miguel de Guzmán

In the interior the spaces are customised by combining the criteria of the programme with elements taken from popular culture. The system is connected with the surroundings through well-chosen and fragmented vistas, generating a hermetic image that allows the large blind surfaces to be used as a support for road signage.

The rigid system is a build-up of specialised boxes made from 8-metre-long alveolar panels and brick walls that house specific and to some extent ritualised programmes. In the interior the spaces are customised by combining the criteria of the programme with elements taken from popular culture.

The system is connected with the surroundings through well-chosen and fragmented vistas, generating a hermetic image that allows the large blind surfaces to be used as a support for road signage.


Lolita Restaurant
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Lolita Restaurant
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Lolita Restaurant
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Lolita Restaurant
Site Plan

Langarita Navarro Architects
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