Amusement Logic’s Design Department imagines a restaurant that occupies the interior of a rock formation. The topography becomes the room, ceiling and decoration, all in one. Light filters through cavities above and is multiplied by hanging lamps. Organic tables with a light surface and silky feel seem to spring from the sandy floor, whilst curved benches embrace the diner and replicate the contours of the cave.
The experience combines the primitive majesty of a grotto with the sophistication of a contemporary bistro. Turned wood inserts add warmth and contrast, and discreet LED ribbons outline the contours of the cavities and frame the backlit bar. The atmosphere is made multi-sensory by the whisper of water flowing through small channels in the rock, the scent of native vegetation and the muffled acoustics that envelop the conversation of the diners.
The result enriches the narrative of the space: each dish is accompanied by chromatic and tactile sensations that dialogue with the surrounding geology and broadens the culinary experience beyond taste.
By Manuel Devesa, senior architect in the Design Department of Amusement Logic
