Designed as a homage to the Mughal and the French Architectural heritage of Lucknow, the restaurant is located in Hazratgunj, which is a 200-year-old market street in the heart of the city. It is one of the most contextually opulent city zones.
The site is induced with layers of contextuality that Lucknow bears. Through time, the city is embellished with Mughal and French architecture ornamenting it in their respective eras.
Investigating the different iconic structures, the designers consciously subject the elements and style of a French structure commonly known as Lucknow Residency onto the site. This added a layer of singularity and set the tone for the aesthetics as well the structural characteristics like the imposing metal structure, vintage industrial joinery details, and venerable and distressed skeleton.
The restaurant sits as a backdrop to a 30’ high wall that gives a perception of a restored structure. The wall is a brick cladded and held together with imposing metallic columns and tie bars. It gives a perception of an old structure that is restored with metal and hence withstood the test of time.
The distressed and broken look is used to draw a literal inference with the structure.