Furnishings comprised of melted aluminium and compressed wool options on this fine-dining restaurant in Budapest, Hungary, which structure agency URBA designed to spotlight sustainability and native identification.
URBA collaborated with artists Esteban de la Torre and Judit Eszter Kárpáti of artwork studio Ejtech and the homeowners of Onyx to develop an inside for the restaurant that merges artwork, science and sustainable gastronomy.
The mission, which has made the shortlist for Dezeen Awards 2025 within the restaurant inside class, goals to enrich the immersive hospitality idea by utilising movement, lighting and audio to create a multi-sensory expertise.
Onyx Æther provides an 11-course menu that explores centuries of innovation, from the primary established restaurant to the commercial revolution and a speculative future the place people have colonised the planet Mars.
The restaurant’s homeowners wished to create a dynamic, evolving area that acknowledges the previous and celebrates the native tradition and context, whereas supporting an experimental strategy to hospitality.
“A timeless, multi-layered atmosphere, poetically weaves collectively common themes round transience and impermanence,” defined URBA.
“Because the night unfolds, the area morphs seamlessly, guiding company on an immersive journey from plate to palate, participating their senses and instinct in a steady move of expertise.”
The inside’s uncooked, preserved partitions intention to honour the constructing’s historical past and supply a backdrop for a sunken communal desk the place company are guided by means of the meal.
The central desk is complemented by a large-scale textile set up developed by Ejtech. The draped material is animated by a collection of motors, permitting the room’s spatial configuration to be adjusted all through the night.
Onyx Æther’s robust deal with sustainability is mirrored within the inside’s use of domestically sourced, repurposed or waste supplies, together with surplus wool felt that was salvaged from an area mill.
The dense, machine-pressed wool is mixed with a pure resin and layered to type a settee system supposed to evoke the stratification of the Earth’s crust over many millennia.
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Different furnishings gadgets, together with the irregularly formed tables and partition screens, had been made utilizing melted-down aluminium development waste that was forged with out moulds to eradicate the necessity for industrial manufacturing processes.
“The organically textured blocks shimmer with imperfections, proudly showcasing their reclaimed origins and embodying a way of motion and adaptableness,” the designers defined.
The mission targeted on minimising waste throughout development and decreasing the general carbon footprint by utilising native supplies.
The choice to protect the partitions and ceilings of their authentic state negated any pointless constructing work, whereas the inclusion of domestically sourced pebbles eradicated the emissions related to long-haul transport.
“From the rolling gravel harking back to the Danube’s banks to the deliberate use of Hungarian supplies and strategies, the design roots itself in native identification whereas embracing a worldwide imaginative and prescient of sustainability,” URBA identified.
“It invitations company not simply to dine however to interact deeply with the area, making every go to private, ingenious and profoundly significant.”
URBA is an structure and inside design studio with workplaces in Budapest and Vienna. It was shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2022 within the rising inside design studio class for its work throughout the residential, hospitality and repair industries.
The pictures is courtesy of URBA.
