Restaurant Street Appeal
11 01 2010The new design for the Peruvian Chicken restaurant in Alexandria has got some major curb appeal going for it. That combined with the green design of the new restaurant is going to make this a nice looking addition to an already eclectic Mt Vernon Ave.
The design is contemporary urban, fitting in nicely with the primarily art-deco feel of the Del Ray neighborhood. According to the Arlandrian, the plans apparently got a great reception from the neighborhood at a recent community meeting. The one story building will also have a rooftop patio for dinning.
In addition to the building, the developers are enhancing the street scape by lining the property with planters that will be filled with “herbs and flowers” and they also plan to provide “green screening” by landscaping. Something interesting that was brought up that you don’t hear about often as a concern is following “dark sky” practices to minimize wasted light sent upwards that adds to light pollution. In such a residential area this makes a lot of sense.
The developers plan to have the building finished up hopefully this time next year and by that time they will also have picked a name for the restaurant. We say go with the name on the drawing, it has a nice ring to it!
[Credit: Concept 0 Eco-Designs, LLC via The Arlandrian]
Way cool looking. What’s up with the cardboard looking model? Kind of like it better than the endless parade of Photo Shop renderings one usually sees.
I live in the neighborhood, and there’s a surprising amount of construction going on within just a 5 block stretch of here. Apartments, mixed use commercial/residential, mixed use retail/office. All relatively small scale infill. This project is the northern edge of the activity, and will definitely give some definition to what is now an odd transitional zone between Arlandria and the heartland of Del Ray.
A little bit to the south, the Calvert high rise is set to undergo some major changes and renovations, which when completed will really transform the block.
Forgot to mention that on first glance, it reminded me of a shrunken Lauriol Plaza, which was also purposely designed as a restaurant.