Giambelli's Pastificio Lake Park, Florida


The Gourmet Restoration of a Fast Food Restaurant


 The client program called for
the renovation of a fast food
chicken outlet into a gourmet
Italian restaurant and pasta
"boutique" involving an 1,100
square foot addition to the exist-
ing building. Conceptually the
building evolved using solid geo-
metrical elements with histori-
cal and contextual references
within a modern framework.
 Because a major intersection
 was one block away, a secondary
 facade was pulled from the build-
 ing to provide a "sign" as well as
 set up the pattern for spacial or-
 ganization. This created a plea-
 sant entry sequence through the
 garden space and into the build-
 ing itself.

 "Here the architect has man-
 aged to overcome the limitations
 of a pre-existing building to cre-
 ate a pleasant structure that
 was handled with skill and
 care." Cesar Pelli

 Architect
 Yeckes-Luchner Architects,
 P.A.
 Owner
 Alessandro Giambelli
 Contractor
 Seaspray Construction Co.










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