Project
AZ Molecular Gastronomy Restaurant
Category
Best Project of Building or Facility by Student
About the project
The project was inspired by works of Tadao Ando and Peter Zumthor, and the Harbor of Light is a metaphor for it. It is an experiment with contrast perception, the game of light, shadow and water. Its feature is its connection to water. Manmade channels within it facilitate the use of gondolas — these are the only way of getting into the restaurant.
Visitors can enjoy all the kinds of contrasts – tunnels vs. open natural sites, shadows vs. light, one space replacing another and one sense taking the place of the other one. The blood-vessel-like structure hovers around the bar counter: this attraction point is designed in the main cylinder-shaped hall, in the center of the facility.
Location
Kezenoy Am Lake at the border of Chechnia and Dagestan, Russia
Project design year
2021
Project website
https://portfolio.hse.ru/Project/113414
More project images
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Kn60MweYY1rBtfHNIB6FKk-mYYjC20uS
Applicant and author of the project
Roman Starushko, 2nd year student at HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL