Amy Bates

Pilgrimage of Taste

Pilgrimage of Taste is a multi-storey dining experience spanned over three floors. The company is located at the old constitutional club at 18 silver street, Lincoln and is a grade two listed building. The main feature of the building is a multi-sensory, virtual reality, fine dining restaurant where guests will be able to experience first-hand, various religious celebrations through the food presented to them. The five chosen religious celebrations are Ramadan, Chinese new year, Diwali, thanksgiving and Passover. The main purpose and aim of Pilgrimage of Taste is to bring a more subtle approach to the subject of religion through food and multi-sensory experiences. Also to create a reusable cycle of buying produce form the surrounding city and then giving back to the community through using it in its food.

On the ground floor is where the quick service restaurant is located where members of the public can have a quick, efficient lunch or dinner that is also inspired by the multiple celebrations but on a more affordable income. Each celebration is represented by different coloured partition walls which create enclosed spaces. These walls are then brought together by a 2 storey lighting structure in the centre of the restaurant connecting all floors together. The central lighting structures purpose it to be a central beacon in the centre of the building and to also connect each different floor together so even though the users may be there for different purposes, the lighting structure connects them all together. Similar to the meaning of bringing people from all background and beliefs together under one roof. On the basement floor, is a themed market retail shop which supplies different ingredients and produce mentioned in the upper two floors relating to each of the 5 celebrations. The market place is one way walk through circulation which allows customers to flow through each sectioned room, looking at different produce which mostly has been sourced nearby from local businesses. 

To give a more of an interactive theme to the dining experience the foods provided in the restaurant space will be chosen through its importance to each religious celebration and its symbolism. To find more specific food, the research was undertaken to look at important religious holidays which use food as a way of celebration such as certain American-Christians have Thanksgiving and Muslims have Eid.  Colours can easily effect a user’s mood and the way the other senses are perceived such as taste and smell. Generally, in design purposes they colours are split into three groups of strong stimulants, mild stimulants and suppressants.  Using the traditional foods that are supplied per each celebration mentioned, a colour scheme was created taking into consideration the psychological colour research using stimulants and suppressants.

Designed by Amy Bates.