Nosh 77, Container Boxes, Restaurant at Horana
2023
This dine-in restaurant set among greenery has a unique expression of merging with nature. Set back by a large garden, and followed by a wide courtyard, the restaurant stands within smooth green patch along the street. It is arranged as a harmonious visual composition of rectangular boxes, lined up, rotated and kept atop one another in a way that spaces can experience solitude and grasp an assortment of images of the skies, trees, the wide courtyard and gardens, and the land afar.
The simplicity of a container box is celebrated. Each box in the composition is oriented to feel lightweight and be open to nature. The line of indoors and outdoors is so thin, as one enjoys an intimate meal, shaded and relaxed within a simple construction of reused container boxes.
Photo credits @ Nosh 77