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The Grove

The Grove

A 25,000 sqft multi-cuisine food court for Grace Caters at VIT Vellore — a canopy of glowing globes hung in a red timber-batten grid over a hall of stalls, murals and terrazzo benches. Designed and built by LIBIDES.

The Grove is organised by a single ceiling gesture: a red timber-batten grid stretched across the full 25,000 sqft hall, cradling a field of soft white globe lamps that read like fruit hung in a canopy. The grid sets the rhythm everything else follows — the run of cuisine stalls, the terrazzo dining benches, the bays of hand-painted caricature murals — so a vast student canteen feels ordered and warm rather than industrial. The geometry comes from the proportion of the bays and the spacing of the lights; material is chosen to serve it.

Just as importantly, LIBIDES carried The Grove from drawing to doorway: the renders below sit beside photographs of the finished hall, the same red canopy, ring-lit reception and “Streets of India” murals delivered as drawn. The food court was designed and executed in-house and opened in July 2025 — proof that we don’t only design a space, we build it.

Gallery
Central spine — the red batten grid and globe canopy drawing you to the Grace Caters muralDesign
Central spine — the red batten grid and globe canopy drawing you to the Grace Caters mural
As built — the lit globe canopy over the dining hallBuilt
As built — the lit globe canopy over the dining hall
Reception — ring lights and founder portrait at the Grace Food World wallDesign
Reception — ring lights and founder portrait at the Grace Food World wall
As built — the ring-lit reception, delivered as drawnBuilt
As built — the ring-lit reception, delivered as drawn
“Streets of India” dining bay — caricature mural and floating light battensDesign
“Streets of India” dining bay — caricature mural and floating light battens
As built — the hand-painted “Streets of India” mural in the finished hallBuilt
As built — the hand-painted “Streets of India” mural in the finished hall
Cuisine stalls — Indo-Chine, Tandoor and Hot Club fronts under linear lightDesign
Cuisine stalls — Indo-Chine, Tandoor and Hot Club fronts under linear light
Bakehouse counter — terrazzo servery beneath the red canopyDesign
Bakehouse counter — terrazzo servery beneath the red canopy
As built — globe canopy and community caricature muralBuilt
As built — globe canopy and community caricature mural
As built — the glowing red-batten ceiling over the Grace Caters tree markBuilt
As built — the glowing red-batten ceiling over the Grace Caters tree mark
As built — the globe canopy converging over the community caricature muralBuilt
As built — the globe canopy converging over the community caricature mural
As built — the spice-and-chai mural bay beneath the columnsBuilt
As built — the spice-and-chai mural bay beneath the columns
Signage — hand-lettered “Time Fries” graphic in the dining bayBuilt
Signage — hand-lettered “Time Fries” graphic in the dining bay
Signage — “aloo to my paratha” panel on a stall columnBuilt
Signage — “aloo to my paratha” panel on a stall column
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