Coya Barcelona

Peru, transposed to the Mediterranean shore.

Localisation

Barcelona, Spain

YEAR

2024

SURFACE

1 200 m²

MISSION

Concept application and delivery

Photography

Léa Lejeune

APPROACH

NARRATE

Coya is a Peruvian restaurant born in London in 2012, now present from Dubai to Monte Carlo. People come for the ceviche and the pisco, and as much for the music, which plays late into the night. Its interiors, designed by a London studio, travel from city to city with one aim: to take guests to Peru from the moment they arrive.

In Barcelona, the restaurant occupies the first floor of the W Hotel, Ricardo Bofill’s glass sail on the seafront. The work was to adapt the concept to a building never designed for it.

With guest rooms directly above and music playing late, acoustic isolation was the main challenge. The building’s services had to be reworked. And since the client was not the hotel, every decision had to be negotiated between restaurant, hotel and building: as much diplomacy as architecture. From the lobby, a staircase and a dedicated lift lead up to the dining room.

Inside, Peruvian crafts, timber and leather under low light give the room the warmth of a home. Outside, the terrace opens onto the sea.