Fact File
Name of project: Quattro
Location: Hyderabad
Area: 3000 sqft
Design Team: Interiors Urban Zen
Utility Engineering: D. A. Rao
Material Palette
Stones: StoneLife
Specialty Finishes: Murales
Flooring Tiles: Bharat
Entrance lobby flooring: Tandur stone
Ceiling: MS framing with mesh fixed in frames painted in speciality Italian finish of UCIC
Brick wall cladding: Wire cut brick painted in white paint; rest of the walls painted in special Italian paint UCIC
Lights: Lux Logix
Downlights: Lucent
Air conditioning: Daikin
We have worked with skilled craftsmen and carpenters of India to produce beautiful and comfortable furniture redifining Italy
Rohit Suraj
Principal Designer
Urban Zen creates small niches which aren’t severely ornamented but serve the purpose they were designed for. One such notable feature is the entrance, where the wall is brought to life with a simple pattern of wall-mounted money plants in containers of the same color as the wall, and appearing as if they were sprouting from the wall itself.
With a theme inspired by the Streets of Italy, Quattro hosts an open plan seating spread over 3000 sq.ft. The interiors are a muted palette of pastel warm earthen colors of brown, cream and blushed neutrals, intermingled with hues of grey, teal, green, and silver, to provide contrast.
Luminaires hidden in alcoves in the ceiling, wash the walls in a warm glow, highlighting the artwork. Edison bulbs dangling from the ceiling are entwined with Tom Dickson pendants, bathing the restaurant in an opulent glow.
The flooring is a changing pattern of colors and textures with cobblestones and printed tiles set along with whitewashed brick wall. Attention to detail is seen in the various finishes of the walls that seep into the tabletops and counters, and even the door panels.
The services have been placed behind metal mesh ceilings, while a string of exposed Edison bulbs snake around the premises to draw attention away from the almost exposed services, and simultaneously making it easier for maintenance. The partitions have a visual texture of soft velvet, placed at an angle such that the visual linkages aren’t completely blocked off, yet a feeling of privacy is maintained.
A wood-fired pizza oven replicates the original Italian, while the menu is a set of deconstructed Italian dishes, with the walls sporting the same theme in unique ways with various types of themed food art, also reflected in the crockery and cutlery. Plants in earthen racks are visible in almost every corner of the restaurant.
