Projects // Places Where You Eat • Table 1280

A memorable dining experience engages all five senses—a beautiful palette of colors and textures, evocative lighting, tantalizing aromas, elaborate choreography of food preparation and service, and the spectacle of other diners savoring a meal and conversation.

Table 1280

(Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center | Atlanta, GA)

Art, design, and civic culture merge to form an inspiring and enlightening destination for Atlanta’s symphony crowd.

Table 1280 occupies a key location in the Renzo Piano-designed Woodruff Arts Center complex, forming one side of a primary public “piazza”. With its dramatic floor-to-ceiling glazing, light and activity inside the restaurant spill onto the piazza creating an improvisational performance that beckons passersby.

Respecting the large, gallery-like spaces, Bergmeyer designed a collection of discreet “functional sculptures” that organize and define the various zones of the restaurant. While these elements share the Woodruff’s larger themes of lightness and layering, they are constructed of an ethereal resin unique to the restaurant.

Critical to this project’s success was the strategic partnership that developed between Bergmeyer and MB Wellington Studio who developed a product called “Lightcast” in response to the project’s need for an affordable, durable, and luminous material. Lightcast proved to be so versatile, it became the project’s signature, finding it way from the host station, to the bar, to the dining tables even a through-wall sink basin connecting the men’s and women’s restrooms.

By also establishing partnerships with furniture and wine cabinet manufacturers during the earliest stages of design, Bergmeyer was able to deliver an award-winning high-end environment on a modest budget.

AIA Interior Design/Interior Architecture Honor Award winner

Innovative and contemporary, Bergmeyer Associates is who Restaurant Associates Managed Services often turns to for a progressive, stylish look to its new and remodeled cafes and restaurants. When presented with challenges — ranging from a client requirement, to a cumbersome existing condition, to a space and/or budget constraint — Bergmeyer rises to the occasion and provides solutions that are practical, unique and creative. This project was especially challenging with its numerous parties to both review and approve the project, and coordinate with. Bergmeyer's design, consultation services and continual ownership was outstanding.– David Ruede, Former VP, Design and Construction (Restaurant Associates)

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