Black Pepper is a restaurant located in the city of Meknes (Morocco). The astonishing Moroccan sunlight, filters through a dense network of louvers revealing the double height space and its materials.

A mezzanine space, part of the public area, overhangs the main space, and announces the kitchen, behind a set of portholes. Downstairs, bar and show kitchen are open on the space. Raw materials such as burned wood, brick, concrete, are the components of the envelope of the place.

Leather, wood (cedar from a local forest), marble (black marble with white veins from a local quarry), are the components of the finishes of the furniture, bringing precision and refinement to the project. Green plants in huge terra cotta jars punctuate the space, bringing sweetness and freshness to it.

Material Used:
Floor : Taza stone (Morocco), prefab concrete blades
Walls : burnt wood, brick, stressed brick
Ceiling: molded fibrous plaster
Counters, stations, welcome desk : black marble from Khénifra (Morocco)
Tables : cedar from the Azrou forest (Morocco)
Staircase : rough concrete
Jars: terra cotta from Oulja (Morocco)