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Switch Abu Dhabi

Karim Rashid

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Designer
Karim Rashid
Client
Independent Food Company, UAE
Floor area
230.00 ㎡
Completion
2017

The restaurant is defined by an ethereal quality expressed through repeated soft, curving gestures and subtle, glowing color against a white surface. Natural light pours in from the tall glass façade. The bright, open space is further accentuated by the radiating light created along the undulating wall, ceiling scoops, and punched windows shapes. Walls are scooped creating niches of different seating zones. These elements animate the space with fluid, sculptural form. The perforated pattern on the facade produces dappled light and serves as a continuation of Switch's theme of featuring Arabic poems as a unique design in their restaurants around the world.