Mensa Kitchen Kent Town Adelaide restaurant, Splintr Joinery South Australia interior architecture photos
Mensa Kitchen in Kent Town, Adelaide
12 May 2026
Architects: Splintr Joinery
Location: Kent Town, Adelaide, South Australia
Photos: Jack Fenby
Mensa Kitchen Restaurant, South Australia
The Mensa Kitchen is a low-intervention project; an existing warehouse and attached house maintained and refreshed, with a lightweight structure added to create two separate but connected hospitality spaces.
The aesthetic and material approach evolved from the context, drawing from the existing building and then the identity of the businesses that would occupy the spaces.
The idea was for two offerings connected visually and in locality, operating as separate entities, complementary but contrasting. Old friends that live next door.
The site and context called for a fine-grain, some layers and points of interest, a space to slow down and a place to congregate. This added occupied space on a public road gives security and amenity; it also gives pappardelle and gelato.
Mensa Kitchen Restaurant in Adelaide, South Australia – Building Information
Design: Splintr Joinery – https://www.instagram.com/splintr.joinery/
Project size: 200 sqm
Site size: 200
Completion date: 2024
Building levels: 1
Photography: Jack Fenby
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