At a restaurant in South Korea, designer Daewon Kwark placed an installation on the ceiling to entice people on street level into the second-storey space.
Undoubtedly the focal point of the restaurant, the ceiling was inspired by ocean waves, Kwak says. ‘I always appreciate having seafood near the sea,’ he explains. ‘Here you can eat under the sea!’
The ceiling is constructed of plywood; to reduce costs, Kwak laser-cut the wave in a way that maximized both sides of a wood piece. Laser cutting burned the edges of the plywood for a precise wave-like effect.
The Japanese cuisine restaurant is in the ‘café district’ of Bundang, South Korea, which is home to over 50 eateries, many of which are on the second floors of buildings. Since ground-floor spaces have 4.5 m high ceilings, as is the case in the store below Moriya, the restaurants need to be creative in drawing attention upwards.
‘When I was walking on the street, all I could see from ground level was the ceiling and nothing else,’ Kwak recalls. ‘So I focused the design on the ceiling and how to attract people from ground level.’
Kwak is a designer from London-based studio Design Guild, which specializes in urban design, architecture, interiors, furniture and spatial consulting.
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