HAO Design Revamps a Taiwanese Restaurant with a Steampunk Aesthetic

　　Taking over a traditional terrace house in in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan, BEE DUCK is a new restaurant that whimsically conjures the industrial side of the Victorian era through a steampunk aesthetic. Local interior design studio HAO Design has taken advantage of the building’s idiosyncrasies – a narrow, elongated floor plan, steel frame construction and multiple mezzanine levels – creating an intriguing sequence of spaces that begs to be explored. Salvaged cast iron components and repurposed industrial equipment, eclectically combined with period furnishings and a collection of classical portraits featuring anthropomorphic ducks, conjure a retro-fantastical venue that imbue patrons with wonder and delight.

　　鴨蜜 BEE DUCK by HAO Design in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan.
　　Photography by Hey!Cheese.

　　鴨蜜 BEE DUCK by HAO Design in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan.
　　Photography by Hey!Cheese.

　　鴨蜜 BEE DUCK by HAO Design in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan.
　　Photography by Hey!Cheese.

　　鴨蜜 BEE DUCK by HAO Design in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan.
　　Photography by Hey!Cheese.

　　鴨蜜 BEE DUCK by HAO Design in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan.
　　Photography by Hey!Cheese.

　　鴨蜜 BEE DUCK by HAO Design in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan.
　　Photography by Hey!Cheese.
　　鴨蜜 BEE DUCK by HAO Design in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan.
　　Photography by Hey!Cheese.

　　鴨蜜 BEE DUCK by HAO Design in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan.
　　Photography by Hey!Cheese.
　　The main challenge that the designers had to deal with was the lack of natural lighting in the heart of the building due to the property’s narrow floorplan. Their solution was to create a small atrium in the heart of the building by moving the existing staircase to the back – a complicated intervention which also entailed raising the height of part of the building in order to accommodate the new staircase. The small atrium not only allows natural light to flood inside from the skylight above and trickle down to the ground floor, but also permits patrons to cherish the playful tangle of mezzanine levels from all sort of vantage points and viewing angles as they move across and around the restaurant.
　　鴨蜜 BEE DUCK by HAO Design in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan.
　　Photography by Hey!Cheese.

　　鴨蜜 BEE DUCK by HAO Design in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan.
　　Photography by Hey!Cheese.

　　鴨蜜 BEE DUCK by HAO Design in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan.
　　Photography by Hey!Cheese.
　　鴨蜜 BEE DUCK by HAO Design in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan.
　　Photography by Hey!Cheese.

　　鴨蜜 BEE DUCK by HAO Design in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan.
　　Photography by Hey!Cheese.

　　鴨蜜 BEE DUCK by HAO Design in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan.
　　Photography by Hey!Cheese.
　　鴨蜜 BEE DUCK by HAO Design in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan.
　　Photography by Hey!Cheese.

　　鴨蜜 BEE DUCK by HAO Design in Kaohsiung city, Taiwan.
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