Aubergine Restaurant

Materials used in the women's room symbolically evoke a sense of masculinity - blue resin (tie), walnut plank (pant), and white tile (shirt).

Project Details

• Project Name: Aubergine Restaurant
• Client: Aubergine San Diego
• Project Type: Restaurant
• Principal Designer/s: Aaron Anderson
• Design Team: Aaron Anderson, Brian Vincent, Lindsay Bresser
• Date of commencement of project: January 05
• Date of completion of project: February 06
• Location of site: San Diego

Words from the designer

Located in a renovated 1940's auto repair shop currently operating as a restaurant & lounge, these two distinct spaces invert typical gender representations in social architecture.

In the women's room a man's suit metaphorically represents "masculinity". Three primary materials -- blue resin (tie), walnut plank (pant), and white tile (shirt) -- delineate three zones for washing, waiting, and grooming. Sculptural elements soften the distinct lines of the primary materials and increase user interaction. Components include a cluster of linear magnified car mirrors at the make-up counter, flower vases (boutonniere) strapped to steel plates, and an LCD monitor linked to a camera in the men's room. The camera shows activity at the men's lavatory sink allowing women to watch the men as they groom.

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