maryool Kuwait _Eatery _Khaleejiya Tower
28 Jaber Al-Mubarak Street _Kuwait City _KUWAIT
MARYOOL- a Beirut based eatery now opens in Kuwait and becomes a destination for fine Levantine dining in the Arabian peninsula. Fresh ingredients and innovative recipes are the main focus of this eatery and this directly translates into the spatial aesthetic of its interior. Maryool is designed with an exposed kitchen on one side of the space where the preparation of food is made visible and is part of the traditional experience of being in one’s kitchen. It offers a space of dialogue between the cooks and their guests.
In the heart of the space sits an iconic trademark of Maryool, an installation of found utensils collected from different places in Kuwait. These cutlery pieces bind together different regions, sources, and homes just by their eclectic nature and varied ornamentation.
In Kuwait this installation takes the concept of a hanging crockery cabinet in the form of a big central chandelier. This functional installation aims to incorporate familiar totems of the everyday household into this contemporary dining experience. We wanted to highlight the most mundane elements of the kitchen and celebrate them by suspending then over the main terrazzo dining table. Terrazzo, a material that forever links the different Maryools around the world with different aggregates each time in reference to the context and colors of the space.
Additional bespoke lighting fixtures float above the space and illuminates it with a gentle warm light, and carefully selected furniture pieces continue the narrative of the place and give it a unique identity of its own. Maryool’s green skin, glass walls, wood floor, and leather seats, all add up to achieve our goal of pointing out some of the parameters used in the interplay between the homeyness of food and the warmth of architecture – and that is the essence of our Maryool.
Interior and Lighting Design: GHAITH&JAD
Lighting Production: Fabraca Studios
Project Photography: Mohammad Taqi