Tuesday 22 December 2009

Aaya Restaurant, London





66-70 Brewer Street
Soho



Lighting was the key to the design for this japanese restaurant, which occupies the ground and basement levels of a building in brewer street. The design explores the vast spectrum of design visible in modern japan, from kyoto’s traditional temples to the upmarket retail stores of Tokyo.

The scheme uses patterned and diffuse light fused with traditional Japanese material and space manipulation to create a SOMETHING SPACE.
A 10 metre long sushi counter provides a focal point of the basement level, where raw fish are prepared and displayed under glass and lit from concealed lighting points.

(David Archer Architects with James Engel of Spaced Out and Jonathan Coles Lighting)

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