Tank Bar + Restaurant

Tank Bar + Restaurant
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TANK BAR + RESTAURANT

Donovan Hill

ARCHITECTS
Donovan Hill

PHOTOGRAPH
Shantanu Starick

AREA
100.0 m2

YEAR
2010

LOCATION
Brisbane, Australia

CATEGORY
Restaurant

Text description provided by architect.

Positioned within a laneway and adjacent to the building lobby, the entrance is pedestrian and intimate.

Tank Bar + Restaurant
© Shantanu Starick
Tank Bar + Restaurant
© Shantanu Starick

The scheme was not without risks, requirements for a fine dine restaurant within a relatively small and idiosyncratic footprint could have easily resulted in a compromised and cluttered space.

Lengthy investigations revealed a single plausible layout which, although logical in its inception is unconventional in nature.

Tank Bar + Restaurant
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Tank Bar + Restaurant
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Repeated role playing of the patron’s experiential journey was key to dealing with planning eccentricities.

A comfortable and accommodating dining room was vital to the success of the restaurant.

Borrowing from the material palette in the adjacent lobby infers a single territory and from the patrons’ experience, seems to extend the dining room beyond its actual boundaries.

Tank Bar + Restaurant
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Tank Bar + Restaurant
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Tank Bar + Restaurant
© Shantanu Starick

Comfort, views and acoustics have been carefully considered to address the tapering plan and create a different experience for each diner. A central table, divides and defines the dining room while acting as a service point.

Fenestration of the windows by timber battens and a low timber bulkhead over the window area provides protection for diners against the openings. 

Deeper into the sequence, a final, smaller space operates as a private dining room when required

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