Vouliagmeni, Greece
Renovation 2019 – Completed
Exterior and interior lighting design for all customer areas. “Ithaki” is a fine-dining restaurant located in the most prestigious area of the athenian riviera. The restaurant comprises of luxurious interior halls and exterior plateaus with breathtaking views to the aegena sea.
Awards
- IES Award of Merit 2020
- Lighting Design Award 2020
- Lighting Awards 2020 GOLD (Interior hospitality)
- Lighting Awards 2020 GOLD (Exterior hospitality)
- A’ Design Award Silver 2021
Project credits
- Client: VSgroup
- Interior Design: SMK interiors
- Lighting design team: Matina Magklara, Catia Milia-Argeiti
- Photos: Alvaro Valdecantos
Project services
- Design: Concept to Detailed technical design
- Implementation: Commissioning, Focusing, Programming
- Custom luminaires and luminous structures: Design and supervision, custom lighting structures manufactured by Vlaxakis workshop, custom decorative luminaires manufactured by Placed
Main goal of the lighting scheme is to provide an immersive dining experience supported by the views to the sea and the sky. The interior lighting approach focuses on controlling glare and glazing reflections whilst setting an impression of warmth, elegance and style. The exterior lighting is carefully balanced to support the natural environment, to provide proper levels of brightness to ensure safe way finding and to set a sense privacy for luxurious dining.
The lighting scheme is full of details. The Interior areas include special features such as the display cabinet for the restaurant’ s fine wine collection, the bar with the custom glass display shelves, the main feature of the restaurant a double-sided transparent partition with artificial corals, the outdoor bar with the onyx marble front and the custom fine-spirits display shelves.