Rosalita Restaurant
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Restaurant · Shanghai

Rosalita

A fully immersive copper-patina environment — walls, ceilings, arches, and millwork unified in a single oxidized finish. Every surface crafted from steel with hand-applied patina, creating the warmth of aged copper at architectural scale.

Project Specifications
Finish
Copper Patina
Hand-applied oxidation on steel substrate — no paint, no coating.
Scope
Full Interior
Walls, arched ceilings, millwork, bar fascia, and private dining room.
Material
Steel + Patina
Cold-rolled steel with reactive patina treatment and clear lacquer seal.
Type
Restaurant
Fine dining grill & lounge — Michelin-recognized venue.

A Cave of Copper

The client wanted guests to feel enveloped — not merely surrounded. Every vertical and overhead surface was to read as a single continuous material, aging and glowing under warm light like the inside of a copper vessel.

MetaForm developed a reactive patina process applied directly to prefabricated steel panels, allowing the finish to vary naturally across each surface while maintaining consistent tone across the full installation.

Arched openings, cantilevered bar shelving, and the private dining room ceiling were all fabricated and finished in-house before site installation — a single point of precision across the entire scope.

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