Simo Pizza

The design for SIMÒ’s new flagship location draws upon the traditional Neapolitan- style pizzeria while honoring the history of the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York. B-KD's design weaves together materiality, food, and architecture to create a sophisticated and welcoming environment that honors both place and craft.

The design is organized around three core concepts: cooking as performance, pattern as heritage, and the piazza as a social space. Central to the restaurant is an open kitchen and chef's counter made from green Italian marble, custom wood-paneled seating, and a stone wall of shelving carrying authentic Italian ingredients. The kitchen is inspired by traditional outdoor kiosks of Naples where the open kithcen invites diners to engage with the performance of cooking. Overhead, a diagonal grid of strung lights nods to the atmosphere of an outdoor courtyard space.

Opposite the kitchen, a long shelving wall is constructed from volcanic stone sourced from Naples, a material traditionally used for building facades. Alongside the milled wood liner of the kitchen, which uses the restaurant’s logo as the base of its geometric motif, the three-dimensional angled pattern of the shelving adds a textural layer to the space that is echoed in the original mosaic tile floor and the ornamentation of the tin ceiling. The ceiling has been carefully restored to celebrate the heritage of the building, which was once part of the famed Albert Hotel in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 

Photos by Blaine Davis

Status

Completed in 2021

Program

Pizzeria

Area

1,400 sf

Location

Greenwich Village, NYC

Floor Plan

Team

Koray Duman, Angelo Jones and Lauren Uhis