On one side the Castello Sforzesco, on the other the skyscrapers that bear witness to the latest developments in the Lombard capital. Terrazzo Triennale is the restaurant on the top floor of the famous Palazzo dell’Arte, designed by Giovanni Muzio in the 1930s and home of the Milan Triennale. A genuine institution that the city has made its own by inhabiting it freely at all times of day, used by all kinds of people from the young to family groups.
It was in fact to reinforce and fully embrace these values of hospitality and the pleasure of ‘stopping by’ that Compass Group Italia – the multinational specialised in restaurant services responsible for managing the Terrazza Triennale – wanted to rethink the menu as well as the design. For the former they turned to award-winning chef Tommaso Arrigoni for advice and chef Albano Rrapi to put it into practice, with the idea of exalting the cornerstones of Italian cuisine, with a special emphasis on dishes from Milan and the surrounding area. In terms of the interiors, designed in 2015 by the studio OBR, the aim was to create visual and structural continuity with the outdoor landscape.
Furniture by Pedrali was brought into the spaces that are able to hold up to seventy people. The aesthetic lightness of the Nemea chairs by CMP Design, in a finish that recalls the parquet in the room is combined with the formal rigour of the Arki-table with top in fenix blu, used in the versions with round top to seat from 4 to 6 people, and rectangular for larger groups.
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