Restaurant Lunar

Sò Studio creates the space in the hope of conveying a sense of tranquility and comfort, drastically different from the bustling and dazzling city chores. The interior design is not only focused on the Chinese traditional structure details but also pay attention to the big picture of the beauty aesthetic. Coheres the ambiance with oriental design basics to an appropriate scale, integrating geometry ratio. Lunar is a Modern Chinese restaurant situated inside a 260 sq m standalone villa in Shanghai, running by Chef Johnston Teo and Opposite Group. The tea stall is located on the first floor. The soft lighting showered over the shoulder, conveying a sense of comfort, combines with the scent of tea brick and bamboo curtain immerses one in a moonlight night the moment of stepping in. Ascending along the stairs, the passing pebble-paved trail would land one on the second floor of Lunar. A unique hanging cornice, made possible by the outlining curves of classical Jiangnan garden fusing into the architectural structure of the space, guides the way connecting to the dining area and private dining room. The mural hand painting renders orange fluorescence like moonlight shadow, echoing the shooting tea stall on the first floor. Collaborating with the florist Maggie Mao to add an orange haze to the space, the small and delicate decoration adds a touch of Zen in the simplicity. The most important material in the whole space is matte surface. Without excessive reflection, conveying calm and beauty through the texture and touch.