“Scandinavian without any Nordic clichés,” is how designer David Thulstrup describes the interiors of the newly reopened Noma restaurant in Copenhagen’s Christiania. Chef René Redzepi’s famed Michelin two-starred restaurant is now housed in a protected former military warehouse that was once used to store mines for the Royal Danish Navy. It’s been renovated by Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) into a series of seven small buildings inspired by those common to a traditional Danish farmstead. For the interiors, Redzepi called on Studio David Thulstrup, who collaborated with up-and-coming Nordic designers for custom furniture, and paneled the interior with Dinesen wood. With terrazzo floors made of river stones, hanging dried fish, jars of preserved and fermented foods, seaweed lighting, and bundles of kelp, the new look is distinctly Noma—but evolved. Here’s a look.
Photography by Anders Hviid, except where noted, all courtesy of Dinesen.
![the entrance to the restaurant is paneled in dinesen oak natural with 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/new-noma-restaurant-interiors-dinesen-anders-hviid-1-733x920.jpg)
![big’s vision for the renovation consisted of creating seven small buildi 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/new-noma-restaurant-interiors-dinesen-anders-hviid-2-733x977.jpg)
![handmade bricks were designed custom for the space; they’re seen here on 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/new-noma-restaurant-interiors-lounge-dinesen-anders-hviid-3-733x977.jpg)
![the lounge is designed with custom furniture from thulstrup and designer ragnhi 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/new-noma-restaurant-interiors-lounge-dinesen-anders-hviid-4-733x977.jpg)
![the lounge is designed for dinner guests to relax following their meal; custom 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/new-noma-restaurant-interiors-lounge-dinesen-anders-hviid-5-733x992.jpg)
![noma lounge area studio david thulstrup](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/noma-lounge-area-studio-david-thulstrup-733x482.jpg)
![the dining room is made entirely of end grain wood, with dinesen heartoak 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/new-noma-restaurant-interiors-dinesen-anders-hviid-6-733x556.jpg)
![Noma 20 The New Nordic Authority Reopened and Redesigned portrait 8](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/noma-seaweed-installation-733x482.jpg)
![redzepi in the new dining room. on the tables are glassware by artist nina n&#x 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/rene-redzepi-portrait-new-noma-jason-loucas-733x977.jpg)
![pine beams salvaged from the copenhagen harbor serve as waiter’s station 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/new-noma-restaurant-interiors-dinesen-anders-hviid-7-733x545.jpg)
![dried sea creatures and fish skeletons line the walls. photograph by jason louc 27](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/new-noma-restaurant-interiors-dinesen-jason-loucas-733x977.jpg)
![the private dining room is designed with dinesen douglas, a long oak table by b 28](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/new-noma-restaurant-interiors-private-dining-room-dinesen-anders-hviid-8-733x892.jpg)
![fish tanks and groupings of tableware in the cubby spaces of the 70 meter long 29](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/new-noma-restaurant-interiors-staff-area-dinesen-anders-hviid-9-733x940.jpg)
![a prep area designed in dinesen oak natural by thulstrup and maes inox with cer 30](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/new-noma-restaurant-interiors-wait-station-dinesen-anders-hviid-10-733x977.jpg)
![the restaurant, at refshalevej 96, \143\2, overlooks a pond in copenhagenȁ 31](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/new-noma-restaurant-exterior-jason-loucas-733x549.jpg)
For more on René Redzepi and Noma, see our posts:
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- Restaurant Barr in Copenhagen: ‘Old Norse’ Fare Served on the Premises of the Former Noma
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