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Pippal Restaurant
Mikiko Kikuyama

Pippal Restaurant

An authentic dining experience that fuses varied traditional dishes through a modern lens.

Taking inspiration from the regional art and architecture of India, the architectural forms follow a similar logic. Here the traditional Indian repeating archway, as seen in many historic buildings and Kalamkari Art, is abstracted as a cascading triangular form materializing in the bar and in ceiling elements. 

photo_credit Mikiko Kikuyama
Mikiko Kikuyama
photo_credit Mikiko Kikuyama
Mikiko Kikuyama
photo_credit Mikiko Kikuyama
Mikiko Kikuyama

Located within a narrow space, seating was maximized via perimeter benches and by extending the dining space to the outdoors with a large industrial garage door. The bar becomes a centralized focal point, with its triangular form illuminating like a lantern from all directions.

While each section of the restaurant is individually unique, it is united through a common design language. In this sense, PIPPAL’s identity becomes a unification of spaces rather than as a space broken down into segments.

photo_credit Mikiko Kikuyama
Mikiko Kikuyama
photo_credit Mikiko Kikuyama
Mikiko Kikuyama
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