Capanna is a pizzeria / trattoria in Kolonaki, an area in the center of Athens.

The restaurant sits on the corner of Ploutarchou and Haritos street, where Haritos becomes pedestrianised. When the weather is warm enough, which in Athens happens more often than not, the floor to ceiling windows can slide upwards allowing the restaurant to spill out onto the pavement.

The experience of eating outside was the starting point for the design of Capanna. The aim was to render the space with the atmosphere of an Italian courtyard. A pallet made up of materials familiarly found in these spaces such as cement tiles, stucco plaster, travertine stone, blackened steel railings, and characteristic narrow wooden shutters, was used to clad the different spaces in the restaurant. The wood burning oven and the pizza bar are enclosed within a travertine stone box that sits in the far corner of the space framing the Pizzaiolo. On top of it balances a rectangular volume, clad with reclaimed wooden shutters, enclosing the kitchen, storage and WC facilities. The two shapes connect with a suspended steel staircase that penetrates them. The floor is laid with grey cement tiles but in the double-height area of the restaurant geometrically patterned cement tiles create a carpet-like strip that continues onto the adjacent wall, emphasizing the height of the room. The various vintage chairs add softness and a laid back feeling to the restaurant and the grey stucco plastered walls and ceiling help to enclose all of this in a textured, minimal envelope.

The combination of purposefully designed elements, reclaimed materials and vintage furniture, presents an architecture that sits comfortably between the bespoke and the sourced, creating an exciting and sociable atmosphere.

On the first floor mural artist Joanna Burtenshaw has illustrated the walls with biro drawings depicting the process of making fresh pasta, inspired by the traditional design of the restaurant’s tableware.

Capanna是位于雅典市中心的比萨餐厅。临街而立，招揽过往行人。当天气难得的温暖时，落地窗可以往上收起，室内外连成一片。

室内空间有着意大利庭院风情。水泥砖，石膏粉刷，石灰石，铸铁铁艺栏杆，狭窄的木质百叶窗等等风物穿插点缀在餐厅的不同之处。一角是燃木烤箱与石砌炉灶，上方被木制百叶窗包裹的的长方体体量中有厨房，仓库和厕所。钢制楼梯串起上下两层。地板式灰色的，到了挑高的区域，地板变成了地毯般，有着考究的图案，并将这一要素延伸到墙面，拉伸了房间的空间。各种老式椅子为空间增色不少，这里所有要素都典雅的统一。

设计时特设的回收材料及古董家具，让这里舒适亲切。受传统餐厅启示，墙壁上有壁画艺术家Joanna Burtenshaw绘制的关于新鲜面食制作时的场景内容。

Capanna Pizzeria / Trattoria Name:Capanna Location:Kolonaki, Athens Designed By: k-studio Photographer:   Yiorgos Kordakis Status: Completed 2011