Situated in the heart of downtown Taipei, Lao Wang Hot Pot seems to have inherited the streaming lights of the city. Like a torch sparkling with seduction, the restaurant?s spectral pattern creates a stage as much a visual feast as it is a culinary one.

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Interiors Designers: KYDO

Location: 12 Songshou Rd, Xinyi, Taipei, Taiwan

Designer In Charge: Keng-Yu Liao

Design Team: Tori Shih, Otis Wang, Mountain Lu

Area: 529.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Te-Fan Wang

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Text description provided by the architects. Situated in the heart of downtown Taipei, Lao Wang Hot Pot seems to have inherited the streaming lights of the city. Like a torch sparkling with seduction, the restaurant?s spectral pattern creates a stage as much a visual feast as it is a culinary one.Inspired by the symbols of salt and light found in the gospel of Matthews, the design seeks to solidify and make central the most ephemeral of elements?billowing steam that signifies the coming together of people for hot pot.
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In the stage lit space, light and steam intersect in infinite planes, accentuated by the blurred, translucent boundaries of glass partitions. Like so many pieces of cut crystal, these extend the space visually while partitioning it, refracting a universe of scintillating lights.

Plan

A monochromatic palette gives center stage to the muted...