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Atlantic Restaurant: Baltimore, MD

Background

 

Located in a restored, turn-of-the-century warehouse with exposed steel trusses and brick walls, the Atlantic Restaurant was designed to evoke the dynamism of the ocean for which it was named. As a landmark building, no changes could be made to the interior/exterior walls - which are the original raw brickwork - or to the smokestacks, exposed ductwork and the 16 original industrial windows. 

 

The Atlantic Restaurant was featured in Interior Design magazine.

Swanson Design Atlantic Restaurant interior design concept drawing

Design Concept & Elements 

 

There are no obvious or literal references to aquatic themes, but rather subtle inferences in the curves, rounded forms and water imagery projected across a bulkhead above one of the raised dining areas. The plan of the 42’ high volume space is circular, to evoke the cyclonic nature of the winds over the Atlantic - their force and strength within the rigidity of the building’s rectilinear shape.

 

To accommodate the 175-people seating capacity in the 3,500sq.ft. space, the kitchen had to be located in the adjoining boiler house which was 3’ above grade. This existing condition set the plan for the 3’ high dining area, which is accessed from the entry via a long curving ramp. A steel-and-glass stairway connects this intermediate level with the 11’ high mezzanine.

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