La Jollita is the studio’s first international project in the United States: a coastal cuisine restaurant in La Jolla, California, that recreates the relaxed, aspirational atmosphere of this city in the 70s and 80s—when the sea, sailing, and long days in the sun defined a way of life, not just a destination.

The space is a system of narrative layers that invite you to pause and discover. The hydraulic mosaic floor bears an inscription in nautical code: a secret at the diners’ feet. A suspended kayak acts as the central sculptural installation. Hand-intervened vintage postcards, reinterpreted nautical objects, and seventies-style "combi" booths complete a space where time does not move forward—it stretches.

With 334 m2 and 152 diners, La Jollita shows that scale does not limit narrative depth. Every square meter has a story. And that story turns a visit into a memory.

The floor speaks. The hydraulic mosaic carries an encrypted message in nautical code—a gesture discovered only by those who stop to look down. This kind of detail is the difference between a space you visit and one you tell stories about. La Jollita has multiple layers for those who want to find them.