Indu and Mejico

Old brick, new laneway, two kitchens.

Hospitality fit-outs in heritage buildings are a negotiation with the walls. Some brick could be chased, some could not, and every fitting had to sit where the designer wanted it without a visible cable on the face of the wall.

The venues opened onto a laneway that did not exist before, so its signage and feature lighting were part of the job too.

Conduit on the surface, then gone.

Where brick could not be chased, copper conduit ran surface-mounted and was set out so it read as part of the interior rather than a services afterthought. Wall lights were positioned from chalk marks on the brick before the first fixing went in.

Light for the room, and for the street.

Warm strip light under booths and the curved bar, pendants over the high tables, and a neon sign that marks the laneway from Little Collins Street.