About the project
Rabih Geha Architects was solicited to create a spatial experience around Lebanese dining and chose to render the Nisrine wildflower growing in the lush gardens of the Mediterranean and transplant it to Doha.
Their creative approach was to duplicate the feeling of warmth associated with family traditions, childhood memories and idle days spent in the garden. For that, they turned to de Gournay, masters of hand-embroidered and hand-painted wallcoverings to apply their vision on the walls of Nisrine.
Instead of colors usually associated with natural landscapes such as green and blue, we settled on a metallic red to elicit visceral emotions associated with nostalgia, and lull diners into a sense of reverie. For this purpose, de Gournay created a signature red dedicated to Nisrine and painted the wild Nisrine flower atop a metallic red background alive between olive, citrus trees, and the serin bird by applying coats of pomegranate colored pigment over silver gilded paper.
Nisrine is articulate in its praise for Lebanese craftsmanship, traditional architecture and natural landscape. The open bright space is bathed in distinctly Mediterranean overtones, noticeable through mother-of-pearl outfitting, bespoke wood engraved furniture, Terrazzo tiles, white Carrara marble and a color palette inspired by the Lebanese flora.
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