Restaurant, New Delhi
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Built-Up Area: 1600 sq ft
Year of Completion: January 2009
Sequel, by United Coffee House is located in a busy market square in the heart of the one of the up market colonies of New Delhi. United Coffee House is one of the old restaurants of Delhi and has deep-rooted memories for most Delhiites who frequented the restaurant over decades. Fitted within an extremely linear plot, it was a huge challenge to accommodate a fine dining restaurant and lounge within the tight setting of the site. The brief also required a sense of privacy and pampering transporting the food aficionado away from the clutter and noise of the street to a calm, serene and sophisticated Zen-like ambience. The interior theme was derived from two main notions; one, the idea of a [Box] 2– A Box within a Box. This would help to provide Individuality and Identity within the cluttered visual of the narrow side-by-side high street buildings. Secondly, the use of a modern version of the ‘harshingaar’ motif signifies the contemporary, yet traditional nature of the space. To blend in the contemporary nature and function of the new fine dining/ lounge with the traditional paradigm of a family restaurant that United Coffee House stands for, this time-honored motif of ‘Harshingaar’ has been used symbolically as an integral part of the design theme.
Indian Institute of Interior Designers- MK Award (Hospitality), 2008
Insite, July 2009, IIID-MK Awards, Runner up Hospitality interiors
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Hospitality Design, August 2009, Serene Sequel A Sibling for a venerable New Delhi Restaurant