Cafe Shu

Steel, moulded glass, shattered glass, glass punctured by bullets, fibber optics systems and enlarged circuit boards are just some of the inventive elements which set this project apart as a thoroughly modern, highly uninhibited design.

Cafe Shu at Milano, Italy
Cafe Shu at Milano, Italy

An imposing oval-shaped bar, with under-lit steps radiating outward and upwards toward the ceiling, greets patrons as they enter from the one of the corners of the bar. A velvet curtain separates the bar area from the restaurant and also softens the cold feel of the rest of the materials.

In the restaurant, two giant fore-arms sprout from the ground and support the false ceiling. The original columns have been incorporated within these giant sculptures of glass resin clad in gold leaf The green enamel false ceiling slopes toward the bar on the back wall, playing a trick on the eye and making the room seem longer than it is Light boxes designed like the internal circuits of a computer are arranged along the ceiling in a pattern also recalling a circuit board.

The walls in the restaurant are composed of tiny, shimmering black mosaic tiles. Along one lateral wall is the “St. Valentine’s wall”, made with armoured glass slabs perforated by bullet holes and illuminated on its profile.

The bar is made with sheets of shattered glass, back-lit by optical fibbers and framed in steel.

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