A photographer's eye applied to interior architecture.
A photographer's eye applied to interior architecture.
A place steeped in history, reimagined for a contemporary cuisine.
After training in acclaimed kitchens (Le Coq aux Champs, Bon Bon, L’Air du Temps under Sang Hoon Degeimbre) and seven years at the helm of restaurant Vertige, Kevin Perlot finally opens his first restaurant. Cosmos brings together his two passions: seasonal vegetables, at the heart of every dish, and produce from the sea. The location feels like a natural fit: since his studies, Maxime De Campenaere had been drawn to this place, dreaming of one day working on a project of this kind, at the intersection of the contemporary and the historic.
The building carries within it several layers of history. The Art Nouveau facade dates from 1906, when the premises housed the Lebon-Leurs bakery and tasting room. Converted into a fishmonger’s in 1926, then renovated in 2002 under the name L’Ancienne Poissonnerie, the space has endured through the century while preserving its most precious heritage elements: ceramic frescoes, embossed zinc wall panels, Art Nouveau joinery.
The intervention by Maxime De Campenaere Studio was carried out with full respect for each of these historical layers. For ecological reasons, approximately 40% of the existing contemporary joinery was retained and adapted: the acoustic wooden elements were preserved, one was replaced by a pre-patinated stainless steel unit, another transformed into an invisible cloakroom.
At the heart of the project, a contemporary bar with ever-changing reflections. The stainless steel, paired with Verde Oasis marble, captures and returns the restless movement of the street: passers-by, cars, the reflections of the glass-clad buildings opposite, like so many shimmers on the surface of water. The walls and ceiling of the bar area, clad in embossed zinc panels, are painted in deep brown, creating a strong contrast with the period light oak joinery. The floor, stained in the same deep tone, reinforces the effect. The dining room opens into the light: cream ceiling, listed frescoes, a more serene atmosphere that contrasts with the dark intensity of the bar.
In the kitchen, deep brown tiling blends into its surroundings, providing a discreet and refined backdrop for the chefs and their precise, focused work.
The furniture, stools, chairs and decorative light fittings, is by &Tradition. The suspensions above the bar are in stainless steel by Pholc; the white pendants in the dining room are by Toss B.
The result is a harmonious, clean and precise interior. The stainless steel and Verde Oasis marble bar functions as a living surface: its facets capture and return the reflections of the street, shifting constantly with the movement of the viewer. A dynamic object, whose shimmering evokes the surface of water, in direct resonance with the cuisine of Kevin Perlot and the history of the place.
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