Tsunami Asian Grill
Las Vegas, Nevada · 2002
An interior precedent for deconstructivist circulation design, showcasing how integrated stair lighting and angular, saturated planes can create a highly dramatic vertical transition.
- What we like about this project
- A dense grid of circular light fixtures is integrated directly into the vertical faces of the stair risers.
Materials
- steel
- perforated-metal
- glass
- plaster
- acrylic
Visual identifiers
- illuminated-stairs
- angular-planes
- perforated-metal-balustrade
- saturated-color-walls
Style tags
- deconstructivist
- expressive
- industrial-chic
Visual tags
- deconstructivist
- hospitality-design
- vertical-circulation
- expressive-geometry
- lighting-integration
- Geometry
- An angular, multi-level circulation space defined by overlapping planes, sharp geometric folds, and a diagonal stair run flanked by a grid of circular lights.
- Structural guess
- Steel-framed stair and cantilevered platform structures
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story interior atrium or circulation core scaled for public hospitality use.
- Lighting
- Dramatic, high-contrast interior lighting with a rhythmic sequence of glowing circular stair-riser lights and ambient washes on colored walls.
- Atmosphere
- Kinetic and theatrical, charged by intense color washes and rhythmic point lights.
- Environmental context
- An immersive, enclosed commercial interior with no visible connection to the outdoors.
- Spatial experience
- The user experiences a highly compressed, dynamic vertical ascent surrounded by expressive, saturated color planes and industrial metal textures.
- Composition rhythm
- The diagonal ascent of the stair is countered by the sharp, opposing angles of the overhead soffits and a repeating grid of circular lights.
- Style reading
- Deconstructivist hospitality interior
- Program
- Restaurant or lounge
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- steel, perforated-metal, glass, plaster, acrylic
- Visual identifiers
- illuminated-stairs, angular-planes, perforated-metal-balustrade, saturated-color-walls
- Style tags
- deconstructivist, expressive, industrial-chic
- Visual tags
- deconstructivist, hospitality-design, vertical-circulation, expressive-geometry, lighting-integration
- Geometry
- An angular, multi-level circulation space defined by overlapping planes, sharp geometric folds, and a diagonal stair run flanked by a grid of circular lights.
- Structural guess
- Steel-framed stair and cantilevered platform structures
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story interior atrium or circulation core scaled for public hospitality use.
- Lighting
- Dramatic, high-contrast interior lighting with a rhythmic sequence of glowing circular stair-riser lights and ambient washes on colored walls.
- Atmosphere
- Kinetic and theatrical, charged by intense color washes and rhythmic point lights.
- Environmental context
- An immersive, enclosed commercial interior with no visible connection to the outdoors.
- Spatial experience
- The user experiences a highly compressed, dynamic vertical ascent surrounded by expressive, saturated color planes and industrial metal textures.
- Composition rhythm
- The diagonal ascent of the stair is countered by the sharp, opposing angles of the overhead soffits and a repeating grid of circular lights.
- Style reading
- Deconstructivist hospitality interior
- Program
- Restaurant or lounge
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior