Ts VEIL Restaurant

Rather than opting for demolition and new construction, the project carefully preserves the building's core structural framework, including the concrete frame, staircase, floor plates, and roof, while reimagining both its architectural presence and spatial performance through a new system of skins—outer and inner.

This new outer skin is composed of expanded metal mesh panels supported by a precast concrete and steel substructure, forming a porous enclosure that allows for airflow, filtered light, and a shifting sense of opacity and openness.

At the tight turning corner of the site, the veil peels open to form a gentle urban gesture—a shaded, inviting threshold that draws people inward. This gesture transforms the building into a soft urban inflection, offering a breathable, responsive corner in a dense and vibrant neighborhood.

Together, the mesh and mist act as a climatic buffer, creating comfort while minimizing the need for mechanical cooling. Inside, the renovation introduces a complementary inner skin that reinforces the project's raw yet refined aesthetic.

These carefully considered surfaces create an open, adaptable interior, where the architecture maintains a balance between robustness and calm, informality and intention.

Together, the veil and the interior form a dual-layer strategy that reframes the relationship between street and space, one that blurs the boundary between inside and outside, between enclosure and exposure.