LAGO Italian Family Kitchen / Vari Architects

1. Intervening Between City and Lake. By the lake of Yihe Park in northern Chongqing , we transformed a waterfront pavilion into Lago, an Italian country restaurant—using breathable timber and lightweight wave-like metal. Tucked among cedar trees, the restaurant faces a bright lake. Its name comes from the Italian word for "lake." We first imagined it as Thoreau's cabin by Walden Pond—crisp water,