Project Overview
Using interpretation of “Neo-orientalism” as a starting point, the spatial layout of Zen Joy features a design of an all-embracing style. By combining needs derived from different types of tea drinking, a layout distinct from that of traditional tea culture is fashioned. Incorporated in a two-story space are the philosophies of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in traditional Chinese tea culture, as well as wabi-sabi sensibility of the Japanese tea ceremony.
Organisation
Team
Iuan Kai Fang
Project Brief
The design embodies the state of refinement, practice, frugality and virtue in the Tang dynasty, and ideas of clarity, respect, harmony and silence advocated by Sen no Rikyū. In the lobby at the entrance is a giant spiral staircase extending to the second floor along the wall. Grayish black is the keynote color. A lighting fixture radiates from the center of the ceiling for art décor, which, together with interior landscaping of pine trees, bamboos and strange garden rocks, creates an ambience of ethereal elegance and tranquility. The wooden flooring of the stairway, vertical metal lines strewn at random, and dozens of pendant lamps in the shape of flying birds add luster and mellowness to the simple stairway, and thereby a texture of refinement and simplicity is created for visitors.
Project Innovation/Need
In laying out Zen Joy, we employ comprehensive designing concepts and methods that are infused with things past and present, and combine tea-drinking space with the brand “Zen Joy.” Condensed in the tea-drinking space are cultural innovation and in-depth forms steeped in Chinese classical culture, as well as a look toward the world beyond China. Zen Joy is a design that pioneers a new Chinese tea culture.
Design Challenge
Up the steps along the main flow to the second floor are rooms exclusive to tea drinking. In line with the gray sandblasted wall and linear metal décor in the stairway, line lights are installed on the winding hallway, which is a pubic area merging Eastern traditional aesthetics and Western modern feel. The space on the second floor is divided into four sections, with rooms in Japanese, Chinese and Western styles encircling the entire space. These three distinctive styles of design for the rooms can meet different needs of tea culture and those of consumers. The pantry and the function space lie at the center, so as to attend to patrons in different sections with the fastest service on the most convenient route possible.
Sustainability
The winding flow along the hallway on the second floor creates a space that is irregular yet feels private.
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Interior Design - International Hospitality
This award celebrates innovative and creative building interiors, with consideration given to space creation and planning, furnishings, finishes, aesthetic presentation and functionality. Consideration also given to space allocation, traffic flow, building services, lighting, fixtures, flooring, colours, furnishings and surface finishes.
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