Wonders of Restaurant Design

Plate

This sparse restaurant lives in a forest where the sparsity matches the inside, exterior and construction methods. The structure is of the same method used in a typical one-story wooden house with utilitarian materials such as metal brackets and joints. Most of the inside is empty to allow for exhibitions and concerts for the community. Most of all, the food they serve is practiced on Chisan-Chisho concept (which means of local production for local consumption which would be farm to table concept here in the west).

Hueso Restaurant

Hueso means "bone" in English and with that, this restaurant boasts 10,000 animal bones casted on aluminum animal bones. All the cabinetry and interior architecture are of white color, as to create a pure backdrop for the drama inside. The exterior is covered in handmade ceramic tiles with hand painted stitching patterns which honors Aztec art.

Noodle Rack

This East meets West funky restaurant meets the sweet spot between fast food and upscale dining. The result is a hip restaurant where the architect cleverly uses design elements to mimic noodles inside with reflective metal wires to create drama while showing restraint to not seem too literal. Outside, a patron is greeted by pre-cast concrete panels that mimic bamboo for soft dramatic and inviting effect. Also, there is a slot in the facade where the metal grid from the inside extends to the exterior, creating a peek-a-boo effect of the inside from the street. This balance of drama with tradition elements are well balanced throughout the restaurant as well as the exterior.

RAW

The restaurant name RAW is applied not only in food but also the interiors where the dramatic curvy sculptural elements in both material and construction can also be described as raw. The architect and the chef tightly collaborated on designing this space where the architect relied on his carpentry skills to construct the interior pieces such as the wine bar using traditional shipbuilding techniques using spruce wood blocks. The ways the curves begin and terminate results in organic space that mimics the organic food served in this gastronomic restaurant.

The Jane

"Fine dining meets rock 'n roll" defined by the architect, Piet Boon, is strongly felt in this restaurant that used to be the chapel for a former military hospital. The strategically located kitchen in an area that used to be the original alter to the unique colored glass panels depicting random pictures to convey the rebellious nature of rock 'n roll theme, conventionally where stained glass depicting religious stories adds richness of this concept.

Bond Bar

This new renovation of the original Bond bar in Melbourne, the architect retained the overall glamorous feel such as the curved elements while upgrading technology, replacing old furniture with custom designed furniture and millwork, adding more functions such as discrete VIP entrance to provide more private functions.