ORADTalks | 5 Things to Know Before Stepping into the Restaurant Business
- Orad Works
- Oct 17
- 2 min read
When we talk about restaurants, we often begin with cuisine, menus, or ambience — but in truth, a restaurant begins long before that. It begins with architecture — with how we imagine movement, rhythm, and human interaction.
In the latest episode of ORADTalks, Affan reflects on the architectural logic that shapes every successful restaurant. The conversation explores five essential principles every client and designer should understand before stepping into the restaurant business:
Finalising Cuisine — Every cuisine carries its own ritual. Before you design, you must understand how your food behaves — how it’s prepared, served, and shared. Architecture follows that rhythm.
Getting the Optimum Space — Good design is not about scale; it’s about equilibrium. The balance between guest areas and back-of-house operations defines both efficiency and experience.
Designing the Kitchen — The kitchen is the invisible engine. Affan discusses the Loop Principle, where movement from receiving ingredients to plating follows a seamless one-directional flow — ensuring clarity, hygiene, and rhythm.
Temporal Design — A well-designed restaurant evolves with time. Morning light, afternoon shadows, and evening glow should transform the same space into different experiences throughout the day.
Architecture and Policy — Every restaurant operates on a set of policies — delivery routes, waste management, accessibility. Architecture gives these policies physical form, making function invisible yet felt.
Affan explains that a restaurant is more than a business model — it’s a form of choreography.Every decision — from spatial hierarchy to acoustics — defines how people move, pause, and remember.
“A restaurant, at its best, is a living architecture. It breathes, performs, and evolves with time.” — Affan, ORADTalks
🎥 Watch the full episode now:[ORADTalks | 5 Things to Know Before Stepping into the Restaurant Business] https://youtu.be/kJ2meG8D7rM?si=N7381w5Au8HvoCHk
ORADTalks is an ongoing video series by ORAD, where architects from the team share insights, process, and theory behind spatial design — exploring how architecture shapes culture, behavior, and the way we live.
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