Bangalore Express City By Outline

Outline�s design for the Bangalore Express City restaurant has strong aesthetic connections to their last work in the Bangalore name, while drawing links to the new site in London City.

Taking inspiration from the surroundings, the designers created coffered ceilings over the two floors in reference to the nearby banking halls. Around the bar on the ground floor, bowls are set into the wall, representing the take-away packaging carried around by workers during their lunches.

Downstairs, a series of covered booths runs the entire length of the space, splitting the room into three areas: a main dining room, a raised seating area and a private dining room. The intention was to make three distinctive dining experiences that are still interlinked, and allow viewers to peer through into the other spaces.

Grooved walls surrounding the bar and restaurant are a six-millimetre line cut into the wallboard. This idea was developed after seeing the waste sheet contractors place under a board they are cutting. After several cuts the underboard has a series of shallow grooves that form an abstract pattern. The designers replicated this method on the walls in the lower level, painting the grooves bright red, which is part of a colour palette chosen to reflect the immediate surroundings and clientele.

www.outline-projects.co.uk | Posted by Tracey Ingram | Photos courtesy of Outline