Eddie Sotto is a thinker, a visionary and a Disney Imagineer. One of the world's most respected creative consultants and theme park attraction designers, Eddie is CEO of Sotto Studios in Los Angeles. Join us now for part three of our latest interview with Eddie Sotto. […]
NN: Your latest project, Rivera just got a 4 star rating from the Los Angeles Times. Will you describe the unique challenges you encountered during the design of your new restaurant project, Rivera?0
Eddie Sotto: Rivera is on the ground floor of a 300 unit apartment complex. It is inside a Bauhaus style building that has a very beautiful interior and exterior space. But main design challenge was that the space is about 200 linear feet long by only 40 feet deep. It is a very unusual rectangular space divided by concrete walls. So to create a single restaurant in that space was incredibly challenging because the space was never meant to be that.
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