This project was a “rejuvenation” of an existing, popular restaurant in Surat. But some critical elements of the construction posed significant challenges. The basement dining area sported seven columns, encompassing spaces between them that were tricky to include in a wholesome scheme.
Leads Snehal and Saloni Shah had to conjure up a fine dining haven and a banquet cove within this 1400 sq. feet fractured space. To avoid the build-up of an awkwardly split space, Essteam employed geometric trickery and backed it up with admitted “theatricality”. A façade made of plywood coated with polyurethane resilience, looking like a giant castle made of crumpled paper, hides some of the disturbing columns and adds pizzazz to the place. Two other columns get the wooden batten treatment to hide their past.
The project solidifies Essteam’s ability to look through practical impossibilities and find suave solutions.
