Mexico City, Mexico
Located on the top floor of one of the tallest skyscrapers on Paseo de la Reforma Avenue, Ling Ling restaurant designed by Javier Sordo Madaleno is a high-end restaurant where greenery is incorporated throughout the 1000 square meters of interior space.
The restaurant’s goal is to create an attractive and versatile ambiance that invites guests to extend their stay from day to night, enjoying a relaxed experience together with the best views of the city.
Ling Ling restaurant has been awarded a 2023 International Architecture Award from The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
The restaurant’s interior design concept started out from the idea of creating a space so characteristic of Mexican architecture.
But how does one generate the sensation of being in a courtyard on the 56th floor?
This was one of the greatest challenges in the design of the project, with the formal approach and the design process using structural elements and construction methods that helped to blur the boundary between architecture and interior design.
As a result, the idea emerged of a triple-height space with a porticoed structure and lush vegetation.
Employing an extensive palette of vegetable hues and light as the driving force of the whole project, the restaurant unfolds as a site full of character and texture, both inside and out.
With this in mind, each space and room responds directly to the desire to enhance the views and experience offered by the location.
Surrounded by exuberant vegetation, the terrace becomes the true heart of the project, creating an environment hard to imagine on the 56th floor of a corporate skyscraper.
This space benefits from the triple height and corner location to surprise guests with a glazed atrium structure offering 270° views across the whole city.
Meanwhile, the inner salon and dining room are enclosed within a vaulted structure constructed using wood stereotomy techniques, highlighted by gentle illumination, and fitted out with purpose-built furniture.
Thanks to the client’s openness to ideas, the design process included the opportunity to experiment with the brand logo to create a wooden structure for the screen of the main lobby.
This element is a great example of how an architectural design can become part of the official image of a brand.
Project: Ling Ling
Architects: Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos
Lead Architect: Javier Sordo Madaleno
General Contractor: Pasquinel Studio
Client: Grupo Dinar
Photographers: Luis Gallardo, LGM Studio
