VISO Makes Waves at Sofia Miami

Project Design Brief

Creating a bespoke lighting package for a restaurant in the Miami Design District is no ordinary task. Sofia Miami, the second location of Charles Khabouth's restaurant, emulates the trendy locale playing on vibrant hues and required a truly unique lighting installation to start inside the restaurant and continue outdoors to the bar area. Because of this, specific attributions were used to successfully bring this concept to life. 

Result

Working in collaboration with Studio Munge, the fixture was specially crafted to meet the location's weather requirements, needing to stand strong against Miami gales without compromising the original design intent and aesthetics. 

The unique light fixture is featured in the restaurant's bar space - which is half indoors and half outdoors - sitting at 158.63" and housing 146 acrylic tubes for the exterior section, and 197 acrylic tubes for the interior. The arrangement results in a lighting fixture made up of 343 acrylic tubes that drape at different heights, creating a unique undulating pattern that wraps around the bar. A scintillating effect is added to the organic form through the reflection of 94 LED downlights. 

MEASUREMENTS
Length: 158.63"/4028mm
Width: 324.12"/8232mm
Height: 13"/330mm

See more of this project here. 

CREDITS
Designer: Studio Munge
Photographer: Maxime Bocken and Brandon Barré

About VISO

VISO is a global multidisciplinary design-engineering and manufacturing firm. Illuminating spaces with innovative lighting for over 20 years, VISO has collaborated with designers and architects worldwide. Proudly Canadian, VISO's headquarters is located in Toronto, at its state-of-the-art production facility, with offices and facilities in Lisbon, Miami, and the Middle East. 

Led by founder and CEO Filipe Lisboa and president, Tzetzy Naydenova, VISO designs, engineers, and fabricates decorative structural elements and award-winning, custom lighting solutions for hospitality and commercial environments. 

See more of VISO’s custom lighting projects here.

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