Prize(s) Honorable Mentions
Lighting Design/Product Company DIAV Lighting
Lead Designers Paulina Villalobos
Other Designer's names Pablo Soto Leiva
Architecture Company Matias Honorato Studio
Interior Design Company Enrique Concha Co
Client Francesco Vannucci
Photo Credits María Cirano
Completion Date 2023
Project Location Santiago, Chile
Entry Description"The Buriana" in Italian is a sudden storm capable of transforming a peaceful sunny day into a tumultuous and disorderly gust of wind. The restaurant embraces the culinary diversity of Italy mixed by the storm with other world cultures, the lighting concept reinforces the passage of the storm throughout the different spaces. From the core of the kitchen to the terrace, the storm evolves, represented by the movement of the luminaires, where the warm light fixtures are arranged from a Cartesian order, passing through random chaos to a sinuous wave-like motion. Each space sequentially represents an "instant" of the storm.
KITCHEN: This is where Buriana originates. It is the most active space illuminated like a stage with the highest levels of light, oriented towards the chef and the protagonists —the artists who craft the magic—where aromas expand and movement arises, later manifested in the arrangement of luminaires in the dining area.
DINING AREA: This space manifests the different stages of the Buriana. The random luminaries near the tables closer to the kitchen calms down to a cartesian order as it moves away.
BAR: Luminaire arrangement evokes sinuosity, resembling a wave post-Buriana's passage.
TERRACE: Encounters nature, casting different light textures under trees like an impressionist painting, balancing shadow and light.
Sustainability ApproachEnergy: During the day, light intensity levels are maintained at 100% to compete with natural light from large windows. At night, they are independently adjusted by zone to achieve intimacy, and the just-right level of light to appreciate the visual composition of the dishes—using only between 5% to 10% of the total luminous flux of the luminaire.
