- Project name
- The Terrace at Wimbledon
- Project sector
- Hospitality
- Completion date
- 01/06/21
- Client
- SHH Interior Design & Architecture
- Ranges
- Travertine 1, Rockface
The Terrace servery in Centre Court is the latest venue to be redesigned as part of a long-running project to refresh a series of restaurants, bars, and cafés located within The All England Lawn Tennis Club’s (AELTC) iconic Wimbledon grounds.
SHH Interior Design & Architecture teamed up with the AELTC in 2013 and has successfully refurbished hospitality facilities including the Media Restaurant, Champions’ Room, Walled Garden, Courtside Restaurant and Members’ Brasserie. The over-arching brief for each project was to complement the
AELTC’s ‘tennis in an English garden’ concept. One of the venues that caters for Centre Court debenture holders during The Championships, The Terrace offers simple yet satisfying food and beverages for short stay visits. It also hosts larger events, including drinks receptions, throughout the year. A key focus of the revamp was to improve the overall guest experience, as well as the quality of the meals served.
Hetty Wheeler, Architectural Designer at SHH Interior Design & Architecture, explained: “The intention was to create a spacious, functional eatery which could facilitate live front of house food preparation - relieving back of house kitchen pressures – and provide an enjoyable dining experience for Debenture holders.
“The vision was to provide The Terrace with a fresh and bright interior feel which brings the excitement of outside, in. This was achieved through the use of natural tones within the décor, along with planting and a distinctive floor tile design which runs seamlessly, both internally and externally. Striped lengths of green and off-white present a subtle nod to the grass courts that surround The Terrace restaurant.”
The team’s use of Wimbledon’s iconic colour scheme creates a link between the restaurant and other venues within the grounds while the internal and external application of Solus’ green toned Nigella tiles, sourced from the Travertine 1 range, provides a nod to the world-famous tennis courts.
Floor to ceiling sliding glass doors feature around the perimeter of the dining space, bathing the space in natural light, while oak panelled screens at waist height help to delineate the space.
A significant number of tiles from Solus’ Travertine 1 range – totalling 732sqm – form part of an elegant design that now decorates the restaurant floor. The green / grey products have been laid adjacent to lighter coloured tiles from the same collection, resulting in a subtle yet chic aesthetic. The tiles’ neutral colouring and gently dappled visuals beautifully augment the ribbed oak fronted counters and ceiling slats.
Featuring a Bocciardato R11 (A+B) finish, each of the porcelain products provides the perfect flooring solution for areas of high footfall thanks to their hardwearing nature and slip-resistant qualities.
Creating a contemporary visual in the WCs, dove grey porcelain tiles sourced from Solus’ Rockface collection adorn the walls, their Gloss finish further enhancing the in-vogue design of the rest rooms
- Wall: 2CAA815
CREDIT
- Interior Design
SHH Interior Design & Architecture
- Principal Contractor
Portview
- Tiling Contractor
Tyrone Tiles
- Photography
Alastair Levin
