Dim Sum Bar / Hou de Sousa

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这是一个位于厄瓜多尔共和国的优雅餐厅。客户希望整个餐厅的风格和他早前购买的家具相协调，这些家具椅子是深色的木材框架搭配白色的皮革椅垫，椅背的造型特别显眼。设计师成功的营造出家具与室内环境的和谐。

Our objective was to design a restaurant with an elegant and comfortable atmosphere which feels both contemporary and classic. This approach was born out of a close collaboration with the client, and arose from a set of tables and chairs the client had previously purchased for the space. Consisting of white leather cushions set on dark wood frames, the chairs prominently feature a ribbed backrest. The components of the chair provided an aesthetic vocabulary used throughout the project. The result is a harmonious relationship between the client’s furniture and the interior design.

餐厅原有的空间形状不规则，布局受限较大。因此设计师在二维上做足文章，利用灯光和装饰元素划分空间：在混凝土墙上做出具有视觉深度的美酒储藏柜（外侧只放一层酒，通过镜面的反射营造出无限的矩阵），带有中国风味的穿孔隔断被大量运用在餐厅各处。餐厅尽头的吧台需通过一洞门才能进入，有点别有洞天的意思。

The existing space of the site was highly irregular in both shape and proportion, and a perimeter of load bearing concrete walls limited improvements to the layout. From the beginning, it was clear that the design should be focused on the surfaces and lighting. This led to us to experiment with ideas concerning 2-dimensionality and depth. The privacy screens that divide the space, at first glance, look like traditional Chinese doors, but the seemingly random pattern of perforations actually contain a hidden message.
The inner linings of the perforations were painted white on one side only. “DIM SUM BAR” is spelled out repeatedly, but only visible from certain angles. The entry signage is composed of holes that have been drilled into the wall that are then backlit. The vitrines that display the wines contain only one layer of bottles, but due to the mirror’s reflections, a 2D grid appears as an infinite 3D matrix.

Architects: Hou de Sousa
Project Team: Nancy Hou, Josh de Sousa
Project Area: 150 sq. m
Photography: Hou de Sousa
Location: Isabel La Católica n94-464 y Cordero, Quito, Ecuador 

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