Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Tote–Tree Inspired

Tote mumbai architecture tree inspiration design banquet restaurant

This restaurant and banquet facility in Mumbai is named Tote after the existing colonial building that provides it’s foundational base. A series of function and pre-function rooms, both indoor and out, and a restaurant all take inspiration from Serie Architect’s vision of extending the forest canopy inside the building. Structures are hard to delineate from the artificial branches. And lighting provides interesting forest like shading and shadowing for maximum impact.


The architect’s inspiration for placing tree like structure overtop the existing building.


Tote mumbai architecture tree inspiration design banquet restaurant


A reception check in deskTote mumbai architecture tree inspiration design banquet restaurant


Pre-function space blends indoors with outdoors.Tote mumbai architecture tree inspiration design banquet restaurant


The restaurant’s motifs are more abstract, and the dark tones help to bring warmth to the double height space. It’s almost as if you’re INSIDE the tree.


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1 comments:

David Toms said...

As I was reading I was thinking, gee it is like being inside a tree and forest, and then you said it!