A restaurant/cafe/bar in Istanbul. GAD was hired to convert the unused second floor of a BMW motorcycle dealership into a lounge where current and potential bike owners could mingle informally. GAD investigated ‘light and lightness’, maximizing the potential of natural and artificial illumination and minimizing the palette of details and material deployed Expansive windows overlooking the Bosphorus flood the bright, airy interior with ample daylight while colored fluorescent tubes provide punchy accents. A raised lounge featuring low sofas and ottomans wraps around the dining area. Racy colors and metallic finishes used throughout recall the sleek motorcycles below, while a glass window in the floor offers a bird’s eye view of the ground-level activities. All he materials used are durable, low-cost, and reusable. The bar fabricated from a stack of hollow, uncut aluminum box profiles. Transparent Lexan, a sturdy plastic with high degree of light transmittance, forms the partition between the dining room and kitchen.