Year:
2023
Location:
Ahmedabad
Category:
F&B | Restaurant
Overview
A Terracotta Sanctuary
House of Terracotta is a 6500 sq.ft F&B destination designed to merge indoor-outdoor dining through material authenticity and natural light. The space needed to create an immersive culinary experience that celebrates terracotta's warmth while maximizing connection to sky and landscape.
How to create an F&B space that feels rooted in nature without sacrificing comfort or sophistication?
Traditional restaurant design often isolates diners from natural elements. The challenge was integrating open-air seating with weather protection, creating dramatic spatial experiences within a single material palette, and ensuring the terracotta theme felt authentic rather than decorative—all while maintaining operational functionality across 6500 sq.ft.
Solution
The design employs terracotta as both structure and story: walls, floors, and custom elements create material continuity between indoor and outdoor zones. A fabric canopy and glass roof shelter the outdoor area, maintaining openness while protecting from elements. Inside, a monumental skylight becomes the spatial anchor, casting shifting light patterns that animate terracotta surfaces throughout the day. The earthy material palette (terracotta, natural wood, greenery) grounds the experience while the skylight introduces verticality and drama. Arched openings reference traditional terracotta architecture, creating rhythmic transitions between dining zones. The result is a restaurant functioning as culinary sanctuary—where material, light, and landscape merge into cohesive experience.
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