In the zone of Madero Port , in Buenos Aires, osten has managed to establish an undoubted social meeting point since it decided in December 2020 to establish a concept rooted in the modern classical era of a century ago.
Its philosophy, together with the composition of the space in the hands of the firm Hitzig Militello Architects , has managed to make this bar and restaurant be awarded by the Restaurant and Bar Design Awards 2021 in the “Standalone” category.
Chosen by designers, hotel operators, restaurants, pubs , architects and vast specialists in the field of media, osten received the award of better american restaurant design . And, when visiting it, there is no doubt that its title is worthy of such distinction.
Hitzig Militello Architects was the firm involved in Osten.
OSTEN, AN ESSENTIAL IN BUENOS AIRES
The project for this social meeting point began in 2019, when the family business, GVNGroup , was developing the Madero Harbor Project in the porteño neighborhood of Madero Port.
At that time, the alliance with Hitzig Militello Architects It was unequivocal, since both shared a sense of innovation and originality, as well as the search for the enhancement of different traditional elements and materials that are responsible for bringing remembrances of another era to the scene.
“We always wanted something inspired by the 20s and the crack of 29 , because it represented a time of great abundance and prosperity followed by the greatest crisis in modern economic history. We felt that this represented a lot for our country, where there are usually periods of growth followed by deep crises," he says. Ivan Geneva , founder of osten , to Conde Nast Traveler.
Osten, an essential social meeting point in Buenos Aires.
So in osten an interior design characterized by green, blue and khaki colored marble, stainless steel and reinforced concrete converges to achieve a sober and elegant composition. Modernism is also manifested in the lighting system, where two worlds strengthen ties: the modern with its acrylic tubes , and the art deco through his enveloping drawings.
“The studio perfectly interpreted the vision for osten , and in the same way that we can see traces of a prosperous era that was not consolidated in the architecture of Argentina , in osten You can see items like exposed concrete or scaffolding everywhere , as a sign of a place that is unfinished, hit by some crisis in the middle of a period of splendor. The most paradoxical thing is that in the middle of construction, we had to go through another of the worst crises in history”, he underlines.
Gastronomy is one of the pillars of Osten.
Of course the gastronomy is one of the great pillars to achieve the social encounter that from the beginning they have wanted to catapult into osten , with a team that has “good knowledge of cooking with fire and classic Argentine dishes, such as milanesa; but who also have experience in restaurants internationally, and both Tony Iron What Agustin Branas met those conditions.
Although the meats They are the specialty when cooked in a charcoal oven that they have brought from Spain on the recommendation of the chef, they also offer plates What lacquered pig, Semolina gnocchi, grilled cabutia ravioli, grilled salmon and spider crab cappelletti, especially these last two, the stars of the menu according to Ivan Geneva.