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Project Overview
As the "heart" of the Greater Bay Area, Qianhai, Shenzhen, has experienced significant growth over the past decade, rapidly evolving from a mudflat into a bustling frontier city.
The "Qianhai Model" and "Qianhai Speed" have endowed the area with a dynamic and robust character, fostering thriving and vibrant industries of various types. The Blossom Palaces Chef project is situated in the heart of this region, effectively blending the growth of Qianhai with the emerging trends, while incorporating the charm of the "land of fish and rice" in the southern Yangtze River region. This represents the unwavering vision of the designer behind this undertaking.
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Team
Yunfei Yi, Huaichen Zhang, Yu Zhang, Liang Zhang, Xiaoxi Jia, Xueli Wang, Wenqi Cao, Bing Li, Xue Cai
Project Brief
A soft light strip is discreetly concealed along the inner edge of the bar, creating a gentle glow that reflects off the undulating patterns of the cabinet, delicately embracing the bar's surface. The designer adeptly employs light and darkness to create distinct levels, using the interplay of light and shadow to set the overall mood.
The captivating display of colorful wines, in their staggered arrangement, is enveloped by a dream-like aura emanating from the base of the wine cabinet. This ethereal glow casts a hazy light and a spectrum of colors, blurring the line between reality and fantasy. It symbolizes the notion that an empty court can become a blossoming garden and that the world of poetry can be found within the realm of reality.
The courtyard is adorned with flourishing flowers and trees, infusing the paths outside with a delightful fragrance. As spring slowly extends its stay in the court, it becomes a pity that every seat is occupied by gentle light. Meandering floor lamps cast a gentle glow, leading guests towards the center of the lobby.
The overall design of the space incorporates a sunken courtyard concept, inspired by the profound meaning of "courtyard and serenity, family and prosperity" from ancient times. The designer skillfully captures the dual relationship between "home" and "court" through the language of space, interpreting the timeless traditions of etiquette and lineage within a family. By subtly introducing the warmth and tranquility of home, guests are invited to indulge in the serene privacy provided by their room.
Project Innovation/Need
Striving to establish a harmonious connection between expansive surroundings and intimate spaces, the designer draws inspiration from Chinese innovation, incorporating the essence of culinary traditions and local culture from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The result is a multifaceted aesthetic space that embodies contemporary characteristics. Under the leaves of the wood, the river waves, the autumn moon shines on the clouds and rests on the mountain.
Feasting outside the clouds, goblets flowing under the pavilion, in the moment of celebrating with friends and family, there is also the beauty of leisure to color the space with the atmosphere of leisure and silence. The use of classical lattice partitions and hiatus ceilings is a delicate eye-dotting ink on the background of stone and wood veneer, and the designers use ancient and elegant artistic strokes to break through the barriers between classical and modern, connecting the aesthetics of different eras from a grand perspective, creating a cultural collection that is separate from the time.
Combine traditional aesthetic decorative elements with modern materials, such as using high-tech, eco-friendly materials or innovative decorative techniques to express traditional details. Integrate traditional craftsmanship with eco-friendly design, such as using renewable materials and low-energy equipment, while maintaining the elegance of classic style.
Design Challenge
The design of this restaurant needs to respect and reflect traditional aesthetics while also meeting the practicality and comfort of a modern dining environment. Balancing the design style with the integration of modern facilities and comfort is a significant challenge. This design typically emphasizes details and fine craftsmanship, including intricate decorations, carvings, and high-quality materials. Ensuring that these details are both exquisite and durable, and harmoniously aligned with the overall design style, requires a high level of craftsmanship and design expertise.
From the perspective of light and shadow, the project showcases a seamless integration of translucent halos, gentle contours, and the organic flow of green trees and flower branches. The designer skillfully employs metal and glass materials to represent arches and curves, symbolizing the fusion of Northern and Southern cultures. This juxtaposition of materials captures the elegant sensibility of blooming flowers under a snowy moon, blending it harmoniously with a sleek, modern style that exudes a sense of coldness and sharpness. Furthermore, the combination of water and milk gives rise to a unique modern Jiangnan aesthetic, transcending the boundaries of classical poetry and contemporary humanities.
Sustainability
Although a restaurant with traditional aesthetics may use luxurious lighting fixtures, this design opts for modern, energy-efficient LED bulbs to reduce energy consumption. Recycled or low-environmental-impact traditional materials, such as reclaimed wood, natural stone, or eco-friendly paints, are selected to maintain the traditional aesthetics while minimizing environmental impact. The external facade of the restaurant combines the two materials, inspired by several population migrations to the south, bringing a lot of Central Plains culture to the South of the Yangtze River, making the Central Plains culture and the local culture of the South of the Yangtze River merge, producing a new culture.
The carefully selected Taihu stone and the large landscape complement each other, perfectly connecting the indoors and outdoors, showing the charm of the Jiangnan garden at the same time, allowing diners to immerse themselves in the influence of traditional culture and the elegance of nature. Space design from the social, economic, and environmental three levels of sustainable development, with the local ecological material resources combined with modern design technology and aesthetics, to create a modern space with local characteristics and customs, a large area of solid wood built space structure, give people a strong visual impact, create a green and healthy lifestyle.
Interior Design - Hospitality - Eat & Drink
This award celebrates innovative and creative building interiors where people eat and drink - this includes bars, restaurants, cafes and clubs. Judging consideration is 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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