❖ Case study : “the Tin Goose restaurant”

❖ Interior & Lighting design : Spearhead Interior Contracts

Spearhead Interior Contracts was recently commissioned by a long standing client, the Aviator Hotel O.R.Tambo Johannesburg, to develop a new full service restaurant. The design thinking required a fresh, hands-on approach to refurbish, re-brand and expand the Hotel`s existing café diner and ancillary spaces. The design team was challenged to accommodate crowds of banqueting diners, in addition to the Hotel`s high occupancy guest dining configuration.

Spearhead accomplished the expansion by designing a new East wing around the existing core building for additional seated areas, including re-designing the main Hotel kitchen to include a new streamlined pizza and buffet service.

❖ Design strategy and brand story

The design team approached the strategic design by developing a strong brand story. The narrative “the Tin Goose” needed to be pivotal to “the Aviator Hotel`s” current identity, but offer guests an unforgettable multi-sensory dining experience. A festive and spontaneous discovery took flight as the team developed the design concept around “Great Gatsby” inspired design detail, Art Deco aviation elements and a brand new sound stage for “unplugged acoustic performances” and Contemporary Jazz music. 

❖ Lighting design and the culinary experience

“the Importance of efficient Lighting and impact on the cullinary experience was one of the key considerations in the successful delivery of the project”.

At the forefront of the lighting design strategy, Spearhead implemented energy efficient lighting technologies to reduce the carbon footprint and considerably trim down the Hotel client`s operating costs. New generation LED architectural lighting are the perfect light source for dynamic colour rendition, long service life, increased productivity and maximized efficiency.

❖ Colour rendering of baked goods, meat, fruit and vegetables

The buffet service line required custom lighting zones for the grilling, salad bar, fresh baked sections and food prep areas. The high colour rendering LED luminaires is available in particularly soft golden-yellow tones for the attractive illumination of fresh bread and baked goods, including saturated red tones for displaying meat at the grilling section. The salad bar display further required fresh fruits and vegetables to be rendered in vivid colour, and the food preparation areas in natural daylight for visual accuracy and precision.

❖ Glare reduction, safety and eye strain

The design team selected recessed LED downlights with sealed enclosures. The IP65 damp-proof luminaires comply with commercial kitchen safety standards in preventing particulate contamination. Flangeless plaster-in downlight trims were engineered to fit downlight housings and to further reduce glare, eye strain and fatigue.