DINING ENERGIES

Restaurant
Santa Monica, California

Curvilinear and interlocking custom ceiling elements, including specialized mechanical and lighting installations, combine with unique cabinetry and built-in details, to provide a total envir-onment.

Dining is promoted as a shared experience, by means of an interwoven spatial openness which allows customers a variety of seating options, while remaining “in the soup” together.

CHALLENGE To communicate the excitement, activity, and pleasure inherent in the participatory experience of “shabu style” Asian cooking and dining.

SOLUTION A space of continuous flowing movement and interaction, in which shapes and architectural features symbolize the boiling water which is basic to the cooking and dining activities.