Project :New Delhi Metro Location :New Delhi Type :Restaurant Area :  Cost :  Status :Completed

Brief info: The restaurant was supposed to be a Specialty Restaurant with a theme. The space available was about 2000 sqft in the basement. Once having decided on the theme of an 'underground metro' the task ahead was to lend genuinely to every little detail that went into it. The escalator at the entrance took you down into the Restaurant. The escalator in this case was not a real one but instead the steps were treated with aluminium cladding to look like an escalator. The existing columns were turned into information stacks and the walls around were treated with the visual effects of lockers, T.V. screens showing information, etc. The graphics signage, typical of transit Restaurants shows the way to the essential facilities.
The use of mirrors is highly pronounced. These are used mainly to give the feeling of continuity to the compartment and the platform. The adjacent faces of the walls of the Metro, on both ends have large mirrors. This gives the feeling of any infinitely long train. This effect is repeated in the ceiling. The ceiling used for this section is a curved coffered ceiling, to give the tunnel effect. The portion above the bogie up to the ceiling is again mirrored. This tends to complete the semi-circular tunnel effect.