Focus on Food

The Gascoigne Associates-designed Japanese restaurant Cocoro in Auckland features on the World Interior Design Network site. “The interior décor features large squares of woven charcoal and chocolate carpet that resemble subtle tatami-style matting. All the materials selected to build the place are recyclable. The ceilings are sandblasted exposed concrete, lined with Macrocarpa batons. Various battens hang against the raw exposed concrete ceiling and above the banquet seating on each sidewall and the table in the centre. It subtly hides LED downlights which place the focus on food.”