design guild: moriya

‘moriya’ by design guild, korea images courtesy of design guild

london-based studio, ‘design guild’ have sent us images of their first realized project, ‘moriya’, a restaurant located in the jeongja-dong neighborhood of bundang, south korea. the area, densely populated with more than fifty other cafes and restaurants at street level, is one of the most popular dining destinations in the city.

located on the second floor of an old building, the restaurant’s design aims to draw attention upwards, above the dominant 4.5 meter high ceilings of the units below. with the primary application located on the ceiling, focus is directed onto the restaurant even from street level. undulating pieces of laser cut plywood hang from pre-existing steel beams creating an environment similar to that of being under the sea. large-scale paper fans separate each booth while white gravel beneath the tables reflect light directed from below.