Written by Elsa Brown: A noisy room can spoil a meal, and the owners of the Cave Restaurant in Sydney, Australia understand this. They hired Koichi Takada Architects to design a dining room that would keep acoustics low-profile for their patrons, and construction on the project was recently completed. The interior’s ceiling is an undulating cavern of timber planks that resemble the underside of a massive ribcage, but besides just looking cool, the design has been optimized to deliver a dining experience delicious for your ears.

The architects write: “The timber profiles generate a sound studio atmosphere, and a pleasant ‘noise’ of dining conversation, offering a more intimate experience as well as a visually interesting and complex surrounding….The series of acoustic curvatures were tested and developed with computer modeling and each ‘timber grain’ profile has been translated and cut from computer-generated 3-D data, using Computer Numerical Control (CNC) technology.” Click Read More for additional information and photos.

Location Details Sydney, Australia

KOICHI TAKADA
VIA CONTEMPORIST

THE SHELL MUSEUM
GRAND CANAL SQUARE
ZA KOENJI PUBLIC THEATER

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