On Main Street in historic downtown Northampton, Zen Restaurant celebrates innovative Pan-Asian cuisine.

Long striped paper lampshades, tall vertical decorative wood screens, and a small stand of bamboo accentuate the height of the space and make it feel larger than its small footprint. Pink, red, and soft green colors were chosen to reinforce the Asian theme. An existing natural brick wall was exposed to give texture, scale and more color to the space. Douglas fir and birch plywood were used extensively to allude to a natural Asian feel.

The work that we completed on Zen is very symbolic of all our work in that it encompasses both architectural form and artistic interior design. Primarily, the structure of the space must support the diner, the chefs, and the servers. To that end, we designed functional work and dining spaces and selected fixtures, furnishings, colors and details that define this innovative space.