Restaurant Lunar

Restaurant Lunar
The tea pavilion-Tea brick walls. Image © Wen Studio
Restaurant Lunar
Furniture and accessories. Image © Wen Studio

RESTAURANT LUNAR

So Studio

INTERIOR DESIGNERS
Sò Studio

SPACE DESIGNER
Hongchen Lin, Alex Zeng, NectarineYi

DESIGN DIRECTOR
Yifan Wu, Mengjie Liu

THE CLIENT
Opposite Group

MANUFACTURERS
Herman Miller, Agglotech, B:Sanfoot, MATZform, Maggie Mao, RIALTO, Tabu Veneer

PHOTOGRAPHS
Wen Studio

AREA
260 m²

YEAR
2020

LOCATION
Shanghai, China

CATEGORY
Services, Interior Design

Sò Studio creates the space in the hope of conveying a sense of tranquility and comfort, drastically different from the bustling and dazzling city chores.

The interior design is not only focused on the Chinese traditional structure details but also pays attention to the big picture of the beauty aesthetic.

Restaurant Lunar
Half-space canopy. Image © Wen Studio
Restaurant Lunar
Second floor dining area. Image © Wen Studio

Coheres the ambiance with oriental design basics to an appropriate scale, integrating geometry ratio.

Lunar is a Modern Chinese restaurant situated inside a standalone villa at the heart of Shanghai on West Jianguo Road, which is running by the opposite group and chef Johnston Teo.

Termed Modern Chinese, the cuisine at Lunar is to celebrate the quintessential way of Chinese dining.

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Restaurant Lunar
A corner of dining area. Image © Wen Studio
Restaurant Lunar
The tea pavilion-moonlight lantern. Image © Wen Studio

The namesake pays homage to the Chinese lunar calendar. Resonating with the lunar customs is essential to the ethos of dining experience design. Embracing the seasonality and terroir is at its core.

The tea stall located on the first floor. The soft lighting showered over the shoulder, conveying a sense of comfort, combines with the scent of tea brick and bamboo curtain immerses one in a moonlight night the moment of stepping in.

Ascending along the stairs, the passing pebble-paved trail would land one on the second floor of Lunar.

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The tea pavilion. Image © Wen Studio
Restaurant Lunar
Staircase entrance. Image © Wen Studio
Restaurant Lunar
Private dining room. Image © Wen Studio

A unique hanging cornice, made possible by the outlining curves of classical Jiangnan garden fusing.

The architectural structure of the space, guides the way connecting to the dining area and private dining room.

The mural hand painting renders orange fluorescence like moonlight shadow, echoing the shooting tea stall on the first floor.

Restaurant Lunar
Staircase entrance. Image © Wen Studio
Restaurant Lunar
Lobby reception counter. Image © Wen Studio
Restaurant Lunar
Orange painting dinning wall. Image © Wen Studio

Collaborating with the florist and designer Maggie Mao to add an orange haze to space, the small and delicate decoration adds a touch of Zen in the simplicity.

The most important material in the whole space is the matte surface.

Without excessive reflection, conveying calm and beauty through the texture and touch.

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Semitransparent partition. Image © Wen Studio


Restaurant Lunar
Stone structure. Image © Wen Studio
Restaurant Lunar
Floral decoration. Image © Wen Studio
Restaurant Lunar
Zen floral decoration. Image © Wen Studio
Restaurant Lunar
The tea pavilion-Tea brick walls. Image © Wen Studio
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The match of different materials. Image © Wen Studio
Restaurant Lunar
The match of different materials. Image © Wen Studio


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Lighting Effects. Image © Wen Studio


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1F plan. Image Courtesy of Sò Studio
Restaurant Lunar
2F plan. Image Courtesy of Sò Studio
Restaurant Lunar
1F & 2F Floor plan. Image Courtesy of Sò Studio


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Axonometrical diagram. Image Courtesy of Sò Studio