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tera nyc
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Lower East Side,
New York, NY
620 ft²
Restaurant, Bar, Cafe,
Private Event Space
2025
Commercial, Hospitality
Located in New York’s Lower East Side, Tera is a Korean-inspired hospitality space designed to blend natural materiality with contemporary detailing. By contrasting light and dark, as well as soft and rigid textures, the environment fosters mindful gathering and offers a deliberate respite from the active urban streetscape.
The long, narrow footprint of the site dictates a linear spatial sequence. A monolithic stone bar counter is softened by draped Sambe fabric overhead, which visually lowers the ceiling height to create a highly intimate atmosphere.
Anchoring the end of the spatial sequence is a private event space veiled in translucent Sambe fabric and grounded by traditional tatami flooring. Designed to function dualistically as a dedicated listening room, all acoustic equipment is entirely concealed behind the fabric to maintain a pure, uniformly glowing architectural volume.
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Design Team:
Matthew Royce
Swetha Arunkumar
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Photography:
David Wynn
David Wynn