The design concept for this project was to create a "walk-in vineyard", bringing an immersive dining and wine-tasting experience.
| An immersive wine-making experience |
The interior design abstractly displays the wine production from grape to wine through space design language. The wood sticks on the wall represent the vine branches, and the colour led lighting on the wall means the grapes. A lighting system dimmers change the colour of the light according to the time of the day. So, our grapes, colour-led lighting, change colour and intensity like a fine wine with time to pink and dark red. The lighting design brings different atmospheres to enjoy several senses.
When people walk into Le Coq Wine & Bistro, Taikooli, they gradually immerse themselves in this interior space. In the staircase, the wood sticks slowly transform into wine cellar shelves, displaying the bottle of wine.
| The Perception of Flowing |
Curve elements featured in Le Coq Taikooli's design are the image of the wine's liquid and the grape's shape. Like materializing the different membranes of fruit, our space offers different layers on every wall.
The space uses the beige GRG, wood veneer and plasterboard at the hub of the restaurant, where the circulation flow is the most important. In comparison, bricks are used on walls and ceilings where the circulation flow is less, offering time for customers to enjoy the details. Re-enforcing the idea of a walk in a vineyard, the design team materializes the movement of the wind on every brick wall. Each brick is adjusted with a unique pattern to create the movement of the wind blowing.
All bricks used in this project are recycled from the local site.
The spiral staircase blends with the wall and ceiling curves to perceive the space's flowability. When people walk into the second floor, they will have different interior space experiences compared to the first floor.
Full-height dark grey leather boards are like a warm blanket in the space to warm our guests on the second floor. Those boards wrap each couch in both VIP rooms. They are also used in some corners of the area to surprise customers.
| "Ease" and "Refinement" |
The first floor of Le Coq is designed to offer a more welcoming and open atmosphere, while the second floor provides a more intimate layout with less seating but with two VIP private rooms.
At the right side of the entrance, the dark grey leather couch feels like it continues moving with the spiral staircase handrail. The lighting underlines this movement from wall to staircase, bringing elegance.
Most of the dining settings are for two people. However, each table is customized to be combined to provide larger group seats. While combined, the tables offer a nice curve following the movement of every curved couch in the space.
The design team customized all furniture to match the right atmosphere and bring a strong contrast using only two colours into the space, beige and dark grey.