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Rockwell Group

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JURY VOTES
Restaurant
6.82
7.21
7.08
5.60
6.68
Adi Utama
Adi Utama Global Office Development at JetBrains
5
5
8
5
5.75
Jan Clostermann
Jan Clostermann Founder and Director at CLOU Architects
6
6
7.5
5
6.13
Sanchit Arora
Sanchit Arora Principal Architect at Renesa Studio
5
5
5.5
5
5.13
Marie Hesseldahl
Marie Hesseldahl Partner and Head of Interior and Product Design at 3xn
7
7
7
4
6.25
Jason Chan
Jason Chan Founder at Jason Design Group
The facade is the highlight of the...
3.91
3.39
3.39
5
3.92
Maja Bernvill
Maja Bernvill Creative Director at Specific Generic
6
5
5
4
5
Marie-Andree Busque
Marie-Andree Busque Director Interior Architecture at Sid Lee Architecture
6
6
6
5
5.75
Bin Ju
Bin Ju Founder and Chief Design Director at Horizontal Design
2.93
3.17
3.17
3.65
3.23
Constance Guisset
Constance Guisset Founder at Constance Guisset Studio
7
6
8
2
5.75
Islam El Mashtooly
Islam El Mashtooly Creative Director at OBMI
6
6
6
4
5.5
Justine Fox
Justine Fox Founder and Colour Specialist at Studio Justine Fox
5
5
8.17
5
5.79
Liyun Hao
Liyun Hao Founder and Design Director at EVD
4.59
3.79
5
4.03
4.35
Client
Gracious Hospitality
Floor area
399 ㎡
Completion
2024
Budget
N/A
Social Media
Instagram
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Four years in the making, COQODAQ is a new fried chicken concept from Korean-American restaurateur Simon Kim, owner of the Michelin-starred COTE Korean Steakhouse in New York and Miami. Located in the Flatiron district, as is COTE, COQODAQ is helmed by executive chef Seung Kyu Kim.

Rockwell Group was inspired by Simon Kim’s desire to create a modern cathedral for all things fried chicken. For COQODAQ (an onomatopoeia for “cock-a-doodle-doo” in Korean), we infused the dark, luxurious dining room with touches of art nouveau, custom furniture and dynamic, highly strategic lighting throughout. The material palette features hunter green leather, dark walnut wood, architectural lighting, champagne glass, soapstone, bronze, and glowing lacquered paneling. Light is a material here, layered and choreographed to emphasize the textures and color of the food and the unified organism that is the audience. The palette was driven by a desire to surround guests in an envelope of warmth, creating an inviting environment that changes in tonality and mood from day to night and is a joyful place to be at any time.