Farm Eatery

Location: Estella, NSW

Program: Hospitality Renovation Design

When: 2022

Software used: Archicad, Photoshop

Site Location

Estella is a northern suburb of Wagga Wagga, just 5 hours south-west of Sydney. The location is just of Old Narrandera Road where the sun rises east of the building and sets west of the building. It is a place where you can relax and enjoy the beautiful view.

Note. Google Maps. (2022).

Client Brief

Client: Maggie Beer

About:

Australian chef
Food author
Restaurateur
Food manufacturer

The design is to render and reflect the essence of Barossa Valley
The space needs to be adaptable
It needs to be able to respond to changing needs, uses and any limitations.
Glass panelling for natural lighting
Cooking class area needed
Outdoor Dining

Concept Development

This is also shown through the architectural point of the building, using the ridge board at high point, and exposing the roof to give definition of internal architecture. There will be a large entry to create a welcoming sensation and large scaled windows that will also give in natural lighting plus a bonus view of the scenery.

Maggie Beer loves cooking and is always inspired by her surrounding nature and loves to cook according with the seasons, this was a perfect reason to have a glass room where her classes can learn Maggie Beer’s ways and how she reflects the essence of her surrounding into her dishes.

The feature display shelves are perfect for the not only displaying products but a beautiful decorative feature that helps tie in the outside to the inside. The 7th feature is the multi-panel bifold doors, these helps connect the indoor space to the outdoor area, creates an open, spacious feel to the interior space and increases natural lighting and airflow.

Main Dining Area

Winery Bar

Outdoor Bar Seating

Display Stand

The concept is to connect customers to the rhythm of seasons and to reflect Barossa Valley in the design. This is shown through incorporating branding such as Maggie Beer’s logo with the symbolism of the bird and the Arabic Typesetting for the name. The branding colours pantone which is great for wall and/or furniture finishes and black which is great for definition.

There are 7 key design features, the bar and feature wall where customers can experience the Barossa winery. The outdoor bar tables, this is a great feature where customers can come sit, relax, and enjoy the beautiful, surrounding nature.

7 Key Design Features

Bar & Feature Wall

Outdoor Bar Seating

Glass Cooking Room

Large-Scaled Windows

Decorative Ceiling

Display Feature

Bifold Doors

The large-scaled windows are not only important for natural lighting but being able to bring in the outside nature and enjoy the beautiful view. Being designed in a high structural building, I wanted to incorporate the structure and use it as a decorative ceiling.

Mood Board

Materiality

Materials were kept to a neutral brown tone that tied in the branding colour palette with colours such as pantone and black which are the brands initial colours and adding on colours such as beige and a cream white that adds on character to the space.

For the main and outdoor dining areas I used Herman Miller’s Eames fiberglass chair and their Nelson swag leg table. For the outdoor bar seating area, Beaumont Tile’s elegance timber for the edges of the bar seating areas and Herman Miller’s comma stool.

Moving on to the winery and shop area, I shifted the focus mainly to the bar area where I used Beaumont Tile’s Tribeca old red brick textured to add character to the space and Kulture panelling that adds definition to the space with the defined black streaks.

Zenith designs and produces these Archie Tables with different set heights and diameters which worked out perfectly with adding character to the space. To top it off, I placed Tom Dixon’s gold, beat LED tall pendant directly above the bar in the winery and above the dry bar in the main dining area.