Bochinche

London and Singapore based design agency Viewport Studio have created the interior of modern Argentinian restaurant Bochinche, in a traditional shophouse in the Chinatown district of Singapore. 

Offering a Latin American vibe with a South East Asian twist, Viewport Studio wanted to bring to mind the traditional turn-of-the-century European styling of a typical Argentinian café, but with a nod to the eccentric quirkiness of it’s location on one of Chinatown’s most vibrant streets. 

Viewport Studio have worked with the traditional shophouse architecture of the narrow space to cleverly accommodate the bar and restaurant within defined zones, placing a bar counter to the left of the entrance area and beyond, an arrangement of loose tables and chairs which define the main dining area. A third guest dining experience has been created through the formation of an exposed kitchen area with counter seating placed directly in front, allowing diners a full a uninterrupted view of the kitchen theatre.

A considered use of materials help to define these different zones, with the polish of the marble surfaces serving as a contrast to the dark wood panels and textured rattan cladding on the front of the kitchen counter, itself a subtle nod to South East Asia amongst more traditional South American materials.

Bochinche, Singapore
Program: restaurant interior
Design: Viewport Studio
Completion: 2016