Excerpt: Nejen Bistro, an interior design project by mar.s architects, reflects the century-old flooding event in Karlín, Prague. The water-damaged interior features brick walls, while the remaining parts are plastered. The bistro’s main goal is to connect the restaurant and kitchen, creating a unified area where everyone sees everything. The interior is clean and unobtrusive, with a library passing through.
Project Description
[Text as submitted by architect] Nejen Bistro is located in a growing Prague district of Karlín which was affected by the hundred-year flooding in 2002. This event is reflected in the interior of the bistro, and thus the walls struck by the water were cleaned down to the bricks and kept that way, while the remaining parts of the bistro are plastered.
However, the main motive of the bistro is the interconnection of the restaurant and the kitchen. They form a unified area where everyone sees everything and nothing is hidden. Just like the meals, the interior is also clean without unnecessary additives, and it doesn’t hide anything, maybe just the passing through the library. With nightfall, the bistro brightened through the day changes into an intimate place perfect for tasting great wines thanks to clumps of slightly glowing “Edison light bulbs”.
Bistro from the owners point of view: Nejen Bistro is the right place for any time of the day. It offers homemade meals using fresh seasonal ingredients, craftsmanship of wines and beers, and also specialties prepared in the unique Josper Grill which represents the heart of the bistro.
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