Italian architect Valentina Autiero daydreams of an endless summer in her latest sea view project: the spectacular restyling of the mediterranean bar at Le Tre Sorelle, the oldest and most famous restaurant onto the Positano beach, in the heart of the Amalfi coast.

The architect - founder and driving force behind the eponymous architecture and interior design practice in Naples - pay homage to the maritime element which visibly surrounds the dining areas at Le Tre Sorelle, with all its bewitching charm of sound, light and colours. 

Valentina thus delineates a volumetric box which emerges in all its scenic force in the passage between the dining room and the kitchen: a space which – in clear, deliberate dissonance with respect to the true mood of the restaurant – is tinged with vivid marine colours, almost as if wishing to reflect and amplify all the breath-taking beauty of a place which touches the soul. The project creates a space with a beautiful atmosphere and a lively touch, in which the fluid, soft and sinuous linearity of the environment is predominantly characterised by the presence of three oval recesses of different forms: a clear and symbolic homage to Giovannina, Adelina and Nannina, the eponymous three sisters who, in the early 1950s, founded the restaurant which has been passed down through the generations to the present day.

In this context, the two smaller ovals to the side are blind recesses, functioning as a bottle display area, while the central area has a bar top through the centre with the upper section open to the other side, allowing for direct interaction with the barman standing there. Interrupting the chromatic monotony of the azure colour, which floods the entire surface of the volumetric box with its vitality, is a series of perforated metal panels – in contrasting copper finish, reinforcing the visual continuity with respect to the chromatic mood of the premises – which define some focal points in the space.The copper panels form the backing for the two side ovals highlight and enhance the bottle display area, the panelling below the central oval forms a container for citrus and other fruit: a further touch of colour which lights up the bar area with lively shades, and foreshadowing the Mediterranean cocktails served in this charming corner of the premises with its view of the sea.