The interior architecture project for Noma, widely celebrated as one of the best restaurants globally, encompasses eleven individual buildings clustered around a former arsenal near Freetown Christiania. With a vision to create an environment that feels like home for the restaurant’s team, the design reflects both modernity and a handmade essence, centred on high-quality natural materials, including oak and stone. The residential approach and materiality indicate durability and comfort, allowing the interiors to endure the challenges of a bustling restaurant for decades.

Guests are welcomed through a greenhouse brimming with plants, leading to spaces defined by striking contrasts, walls of solid heart oak are complemented by a custom terrazzo floor from Danish river and fieldstones and butterfly-jointed oak floors.

The intimate private dining room showcases a six-meter-long table constructed from a 160-year-old tree, surrounded by elegant Dinesen Douglas fir finishes.