L’Osteria Metzingen

Looking Beyond The Box

FACTS

LOCATION: Outletcity Metzingen, Germany

SALES AREA: 250 m 2 plus 280 m 2 roof terrace

OPENING: 06/2021

SERVICE: Planning, Installation (Kitchen), General Contracting

ARCHITECT: DiPPOLD Innenarchitektur

SECTOR: Restaurant Chains

CONTACT: losteria.net

The Outlet City in Metzingen has acquired a new attraction: the new restaurant L’Osteria in the Enzian Höfe. As General Contractor, umdasch The Store Makers confidently directed the project through the turbulent times of the pandemic. Even in normal times General Contracting is regarded as a challenge, because it takes over the complex construction tasks for the client and coordinates and supervises all the various trades on its behalf. In times of the coronavirus this all-round service, for which it is a question of maintaining close contact with the customer and short distances are paramount, becomes a real challenge. As befits a genuine L’Osteria, even the extension was tackled energetically and passionately, whether the major topics concerning the building services (TGA) were being planned, or simply which radiators should be used to heat the 250 m 2 interior space.

In spite of the individual solutions and modifications to the plan during the course of the works, the experienced General Contracting professionals at umdasch managed the construction process with skilful project management and thus maintained the quality at a high level.

For example, in the case of the lighting: “Everything can now be illuminated or dimmed individually,” explained Marco Gösling, Managing Director of umdasch General Contracting, “even the extractor hood in the kitchen.” Except that there was no manufacturer on the market who had anything like that in their product range, continued Gösling. “Our cooperation was carried out in a true spirit of partnership, and the odd extra detail proved to be worthwhile,” observed Frank Föll, who accompanied the project for umdasch from the beginning as Business Development Manager. “I have never been in a single L’Osteria in which I did not feel at home.” Metzingen is no exception: a long expanse of transom windows, open ceiling constructions with concrete supports which convince with their unspoilt charm, an impressive high ceiling with loft-like dimensions, fair-faced concrete on all sides, and of course the famous subway tiles and the essential bentwood furniture and brass mountings. In matters of design, L’Osteria shows its accustomed love of detail. After all, design is a matter for the boss in Upper Franconia, and so this latest branch, with its additional rooftop terrace restaurant extending across 280 m², once again bears the signature of its CEO, the passionate restaurateur, Friedemann Findeis, the founder of L’Osteria. And the same thing applies to the Outlet City Metzingen: you can eat as much as you like, but you will never be able to see all you would like.