Plaza Khao Gaeng, Borough
Borough — Applied Studio
A vibrant restaurant interior precedent showcasing bold primary colors, exposed industrial infrastructure, and a custom suspended shelving system over a brightly hued bar counter.
- What we like about this project
- The complex overhead suspended cage system houses both ambient lighting and pressurized beverage dispensers directly above the bar service area.
Materials
- steel
- wood
- stainless-steel
- glass
- plastic
Visual identifiers
- blue-bar-counter
- suspended-blue-shelving
- stainless-steel-tables
- exposed-ductwork
- herringbone-timber-floor
Style tags
- industrial
- contemporary
- eclectic
- vibrant
Visual tags
- hospitality
- restaurant
- bar-design
- industrial-interior
- vibrant-color
- commercial-interior
- Geometry
- Symmetrical front-facing composition centered on a long bar counter with a suspended industrial shelving unit above, flanked by dining tables and a staircase on the right.
- Structural guess
- Exposed steel frame and existing building structure with non-structural interior partitions and custom suspended metal framing.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled dining interior with counter seating and standard restaurant table heights.
- Lighting
- Bright interior illumination with linear fluorescent ceiling fixtures casting clean, even light across the stainless steel counters and blue surfaces.
- Atmosphere
- Energetic, playful, and informal, evoking a bustling Southeast Asian street food market.
- Environmental context
- Indoor restaurant setting with a busy commercial dining room floor and exposed mechanical services overhead.
- Spatial experience
- The space offers a vibrant, bustling hawker-market atmosphere with clear sightlines across the bar counter and stacked display levels.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating rhythm of metal bar stools, overhead bottle displays, and vertical structural elements along the back bar.
- Style reading
- Industrial hawker-style contemporary interior
- Program
- Restaurant and bar
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- steel, wood, stainless-steel, glass, plastic
- Visual identifiers
- blue-bar-counter, suspended-blue-shelving, stainless-steel-tables, exposed-ductwork, herringbone-timber-floor
- Style tags
- industrial, contemporary, eclectic, vibrant
- Visual tags
- hospitality, restaurant, bar-design, industrial-interior, vibrant-color, commercial-interior
- Geometry
- Symmetrical front-facing composition centered on a long bar counter with a suspended industrial shelving unit above, flanked by dining tables and a staircase on the right.
- Structural guess
- Exposed steel frame and existing building structure with non-structural interior partitions and custom suspended metal framing.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled dining interior with counter seating and standard restaurant table heights.
- Lighting
- Bright interior illumination with linear fluorescent ceiling fixtures casting clean, even light across the stainless steel counters and blue surfaces.
- Atmosphere
- Energetic, playful, and informal, evoking a bustling Southeast Asian street food market.
- Environmental context
- Indoor restaurant setting with a busy commercial dining room floor and exposed mechanical services overhead.
- Spatial experience
- The space offers a vibrant, bustling hawker-market atmosphere with clear sightlines across the bar counter and stacked display levels.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating rhythm of metal bar stools, overhead bottle displays, and vertical structural elements along the back bar.
- Style reading
- Industrial hawker-style contemporary interior
- Program
- Restaurant and bar
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior