A prominent commercial site abuts a small-scale residential neighborhood. The new retail and office building is decidedly urban but of a scale and texture that feels comfortable to its residential neighbors. The center makes an edge on the street, with parking behind, accentuating the pedestrian experience.
A traditional Japanese menu mixed with international flavors provided inspiration for this elegant interior fit-up. With a school-of-fish design motif, tasty lighting, and an bank vault / private dining room the atmosphere evokes a feeling and leaves an impression.
Like sitting under a the shade of a generous tree this restaurant interior accesses outdoor dining space by using a curvilinear canopy with innovative lighting and 2 large translucent garage doors. Adjacent to a popular pedestrian oriented right-of-way this attractive amenity draws in passers-by at all hours.
Inside Out Design, an innovative landscape design-build firm, wanted to express their commitment to environmentally sound principles. Use of a prefabricated metal building for the shop extended their budget while the offices focused architectural expression with a living roof, rainwater capture, natural light and ventilation.
As a part of the adaptive reuse of the Pepper Distillery Rickhouse, we chose to value, preserve, and extend the original industrial aesthetic with white washed wood accents and matte sealing of the existing concrete floors. Concrete bartops with steel support detailing, and translucent “garage door” windows furthered the theme. An illuminated shelving motif (inspired by the flattened, horizontal espalier apple tree) provides the space with a focal point through placement on axis with the main entry and by using one of the concrete columns as it’s ‘trunk’. The ‘branch’ shelves are lit from behind to illuminate the golden cider ‘apples’ on display.
