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Ammo RESTAURANT<br />
IS IN hong kong’S CHINESE<br />
QUARTER, ALPHAVILLE.<br />
THE DOMINANT COLOUR<br />
AND PREDOMINANT MATERIAL<br />
IS COPPER WHILE THE GREAT<br />
WINDOWS ARE SURROUNDED<br />
WITH ORGANIC DECORATIONS<br />
ACHIEVED WITH ASSORTED<br />
GREEN PLANTS.<br />
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complete the spaces of this restaurant. Those who<br />
designed it took their inspiration from the film noir<br />
masterpiece, Alphaville, a 1965 science fiction film<br />
directed by Jean-Luc Godard that explores the<br />
connection between art, technology and society.<br />
Just inside, you can find classic tables and chairs<br />
but in the centre of the room there’s an area<br />
with tall tables and elegant stools, while on the<br />
left you’ll see large settees which create a further<br />
space within a space. There are also other stools in<br />
front of the bar counter and if you raise your eyes,<br />
the central feature of the space is a set of three<br />
sculptural spiral staircases (a recurring theme of<br />
the film) constructed as chandeliers purely out of<br />
copper plumbing pipes and cascading from the<br />
six-meter high ceiling. The shades of the chandeliers<br />
are crafted out of bent copper mesh and rods,<br />
a reference to materials used in military and industrial<br />
settings. The bunker-like ceiling is supported<br />
by copper ribs and lit warmly to further evoke the<br />
building’s history as an explosive warehouse.<br />
www.ammo.com.hk
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