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Somewhere

Verhaal

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Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Restaurant
6.58
6.87
6.63
5.94
6.51
Ludmila Machado
Ludmila Machado Founder at Aurora Design
6.4
8
7
7.4
7.2
Mark Timo
Mark Timo Founder at De Interieur Club
8
8
8
7
7.75
Weiping Lin
Weiping Lin Founder and Design Director at Lin Wei Ping Design Consulting
8
8
7
6
7.25
Michelle Smith
Michelle Smith Associate Designer at M Moser Associates
7
7.5
8
5
6.88
Luca Macri
Luca Macri Partner at Lamatilde
6.5
7
7
5
6.38
Apoorva Shroff
Apoorva Shroff Founder at lyth Design
6.42
6.02
6.1
5.94
6.12
Drew Gilbert
Drew Gilbert Design Manager at OBMI
7.06
7.3
7.14
6.82
7.08
Terry Xu
Terry Xu Chief Designer at Masanori Design Studio
7
7.5
7
7
7.13
Liyu Xue
Liyu Xue Founder and Creative Director at Staay
6
7.5
7
5
6.38
Marcel Häusler
Marcel Häusler Creative Director at Karl Anders
6
6
5
7
6
Llisa Demetrios
Llisa Demetrios Chief Curator at The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity
8
7.5
7
6
7.13
Alessandro Ranaldi
Alessandro Ranaldi Head of Workplace Consultancy at Foster and Partners
7
7
7.5
6
6.88
Juan Alberto Andrade
Juan Alberto Andrade Founder at Juan Alberto Andrade
6.3
6.37
6.56
6.72
6.49
Yuan Jiang
Yuan Jiang Cofounder at Soda
5
5
5
5
5
Yuanman Huang
Yuanman Huang Cofounder and Creative Designer at GS Design
4.01
4.33
4.12
3.29
3.94
Designer
Client
The Independent Food Company
Floor area
555 ㎡
Completion
2022
Social Media
Instagram
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Spectacularly located in beautiful Bujairi in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Somewhere is an escape inspired by its surroundings. The interior journey is one of considered elegance, beautiful curation and bold discoveries, Somewhere becomes everywhere but home.

Somewhere is located in the heart of a heritage neighborhood village called Diriyah Gate, Bujairi. The design approach is to take the patrons on a journey that has an international energy and contemporary aesthetic.

The brief was to use nature as inspiration for the interior experience so we focused our attention on creating spaces of quiet desert accents offset with lush oasis greens.

Somewhere explores all possibilities of capturing the excitement of discovery and calm serenity in a single experience. The narrative revolved around the undulating landscape of the dunes and the soft undulations repeat itself throughout the dining experience. A beveled mirror wall installation frames the entryway and imitates the elusive nature of a moving dune. The sofas and chairs all have similar forms that give a feminine elegance to the dining spaces.

Verhaal commissioned a muralist for the palm tree artworks, to celebrate craftmanship and the imperfect. Each area on the space has its own personality that forms a cohesive and lovingly curated journey that is a true desert escape.