DESIGN NAME: Bosscat
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Bar and Restaurant
INSPIRATION: Every piece of worn, ragged, and used material was an inspiration in the design process.
Importance of Whiskey in Texas culture, inspired us for having a focal point in the project. This center piece created different zones in the restaurant from crowded bar to quiet fine dinning.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Bosscat Kitchen creates a ranch scenery by choosing and assembling unique materials, lights, and furniture. Reclaimed and rustic materials are used in every corner of Bosscat to escalate the farmhouse effects; In addition, old- fashioned light fixtures illuminate the space in a dramatic way. No furniture in Bosscat is typical, they are all designed to match with the environment. What makes Bosscat apart and distinctive from the other local restaurants is the theatrical effects it generates.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The customers who come to Bosscat enjoy a very unique experience; this place detaches people from their busy life and welcomes them to a peaceful farmhouse environment. Space has designed for both noisy and quiet crowd.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The Project started in November 2015 and finished in February 2017. It is located in Houston, Texas
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Interior Space and Exhibition Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Bosscat used recycled materials with precise construction techniques to represent grain industry. All furniture including chairs, bar stools and stands show the feeling of country side farms and rustic theme of grain manufacturing. There are no fake materials in the space and team tried to create the real feeling in the space.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Sustainable and reclaimed materials were used. Wood, Concrete, brick, Iron work and all decorative furniture are real materials.
Tenant dimensions are 17m x 39m for approximately 650 square meter of space in first floor.
TAGS: Restaurant, Bar, Lounge, Old-fashioned design, Rustic, reclaimed material, Whiskey
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The overall ideas and concepts were generated based on the sustainability and cost saving. The process started by studying how different used materials can have unique functions to serve the restaurant design and be re-constructable for food establishment activities in this project.
CHALLENGE: Bosscat strove to be a Green building which uses mostly reclaimed materials, meanwhile. The challenge was that the limited number of sustainable materials tended to dictate a special type of design, rather than design dominating the material selection. Careful use of material, lighting, and furniture was necessary to preserve the focal character of the restaurant.
Also size of the space gave us the challenge of creating different zones and private areas for different type of dinning and activities.
ADDED DATE: 2017-02-24 21:31:55
TEAM MEMBERS (1) : Hootan Hamedani, Farzane Sarpoolaki and Ladan Zolfaghari
IMAGE CREDITS: Hootan Hamedani
PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS: Copyrights belong to Hootan & Associates Design Studio, 2006
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