Paris Rouge French Restaurant

This project followed the classic concept of “East meets West”, not only as an  expression of the restaurant’s basic concept – an all-in, traditional French restaurant in China – but also due to the restaurant’s location, where basically the same idea had played out 100 years before. Situated on the first floor of Shanghai’s 1920s era YWCA building, the design laid out Paris Rouge’s dining room over wood parquet and marble floors, under suspended globe lighting, with classic French seating facing banquettes with brass rails over white tablecloths. These rich “Western” elements were complimented by the main “Eastern” feature,  a restored red ceiling of Buddhist Temple-inspired patterned beams that, though white-washed, dated back to the original building.