DESIGN NAME: Dalchini
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Indian Restaurant
INSPIRATION: The eating-out culture has gained tremendous momentum over the years. People have become very adventurous in their food choices and experiment with different cuisine styles from across the world.The decor was based on the concept of creating a sense of nostalgia in the local patrons minds subtly without letting the cultural overtones completely overpower the space. Use of recycled materials was the essence of décor.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The childhood memories are always cherished and one gets emotional over the sense of nostalgia and gets connected immediately with the place. These memories have been our moments of joy as you recollect them with family and friends. Stacks of news papers represent the monotonous and busy city life where as the subtle use of childhood paper craft gives it a relief and emotional connect; the sense of belonging with the place as you enjoy Indian mother’s recipe at Dalchini.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Newspaper has been integral part of our life. Although the world has gone digital, the day of an Indian starts with a newspaper over morning breakfast and a tea or a coffee. The morning friend as they say gets a secondary place while the day progress and the stacks continue to grow as the weeks pass on. As a child, it used to remain our friend through out the day, months or even the years recycled in the form of an airplane, a book cover, nuts container, caps, even as a boat to sail in rains and so on.The childhood memories are always cherished and one gets emotional over the sense of nostalgia and gets connected immediately with the place. These memories have been our moments of joy as you recollect them with family and friends. Stacks of news papers represent the monotonous and busy city life where as the subtle use of childhood paper craft gives it a relief and emotional connect; the sense of belonging with the place as you enjoy Indian mother’s recipe at Dalchini.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Project started in November 2016 and got finished in January 2017.
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Low budget for the project got designers to think tangential. The focus was to use recycled and sustainable material that would reduce the cost. Use of news papers was the solution that came in as a replacement to traditional elements used for decor to clad vertical surfaces. no false ceiling was proposed or that would have decreased the height. Natural black stone Kudappah that is locally available was used for the flooring.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Restaurant area is 120 square meters including kitchen.
TAGS: Indian Restaurant, Best Restaurant, Restaurant Decor, Paper, News Paper art
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Restaurant decor is a highly challenging area of design. The aesthetics chosen need to appeal to the patrons and stay fresh and interesting over time. Theme decors are fun; but can get monotonous over time. Very often, Indian Cuisine restaurants use Indian motifs and design elements in the décor. In that sense a contemporary styling manages to interest patrons more; and that is necessary to draw them to the F&B outlet over and over again. The decor of Dalchini is based on the concept of creating a sense of nostalgia in the local patrons minds. Here the attempt is to take out only essential extracts from child hood memories and infuse the otherwise contemporary styling.
CHALLENGE: Low budget for the project got designers to think tangential. The focus was to use recycled and sustainable material that would reduce the cost. The emphasis was given on using natural materials and recycle news papers to create interesting vertical surfaces.
ADDED DATE: 2017-02-23 13:35:07
TEAM MEMBERS (2) : Ketan Jawdekar and Rohan Lomate
IMAGE CREDITS: Sameer Chawda
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