Miss Dô is located within the food court of a shopping mall south of Berlin. The project explores the idea of contrast, introducing a spatial atmosphere that deliberately challenges the artificial and highly controlled environment of the shopping mall.

Within this quintessential “non-place,” the design inserts a strong vegetal component that disrupts the predictable logic of the surrounding commercial setting. Lush vegetation becomes the central element of the interior, generating a living environment whose organic growth introduces a degree of unpredictability into an otherwise carefully planned space. Through this strategy, the project establishes a continuous relationship between the plant world and the built environment.

The presence of dense greenery transforms the perception of the interior. The oxygen and humidity released by the plants subtly alter the microclimate, creating the sensation of entering a different environment—one that evokes atmospheres more commonly associated with Southeast Asia rather than a Berlin shopping mall. In this way, the restaurant becomes a “third place” that stands apart from both the mall and the city outside.

The theme of opposites also shapes the architectural language of the project. A series of orthogonal steel frames runs along the walls, functioning simultaneously as structural support for tables and as a framework for the vegetation. The precise geometry of the metal structure contrasts with the irregular and evolving forms of the plants, reinforcing the dialogue between the constructed and the organic.

The furniture was designed specifically to strengthen this vegetation-centered concept. Tables appear to emerge lightly from the floor, supported by slender steel structures that visually reduce their weight. Their form recalls icebergs rising from the water surface—solid masses that nevertheless appear to float within the space.

The result is an interior defined by the tension between control and spontaneity, geometry and growth, architecture and landscape.

Graphic design: Studio Amanda Haas
Construction: IMAB Massivbau
Indoor greenery: Opera Verde Org.
Tables: Cedrimartini
Chairs: Scab Design
Stools: Ahmet Sisman
Lighting: WETRO 1.0 by Wever & Ducré
Plant lighting: Ambralight