Bronze Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2021
Gentle L By Alan Yu Restaurant
by Peihe Xie
- A' Design Award 2021 Bronze Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Awarded April 15, 2021
- CLIENT: AD ARCHITECTURE (Shenzhen)
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 10,660
- Verification code 02520E7166 · Verify this award
About Gentle L By Alan Yu Restaurant
Gentle L by Alan Yu is a French restaurant located in Shenzhen, China. The interior covers 800 square metres and departs from the traditional restaurant layout. At the centre of the space stands a large steel column clad in hand-made wrinkled aluminium, and the wrinkles soften the column and form a visual highlight. Curved stainless steel screens separate the private rooms and keep a clear field of vision, so service is given without disturbing diners. The semi-enclosed plan offers privacy and changing views.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Situated in Shenzhen, China, Gental L by Alan Yu is a French restaurant, co-founded by Leon LI and Alan YU. The letter "L" in the brand name represents the initials of Leon LI, while "GENTLE" indicates a sense of ritual and French elegance, besides, Alan YU was previously the Executive Chef of a three-Michelin-starred restaurant. The restaurant hopes to provide a private and cozy environment for people to enjoy fine French cuisine, regardless of the hustle and bustle of the outside world.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Area: 800 sqm
Materials: wrinkled aluminum, carpet, paint, stone slab, lamp (SIKI) - Tags
- French Restaurant, private space, AD Architecture, Light, spatial deconstruction, Xie Peihe
- Production Technology
- At the middle of the space erects a huge steel column made of hand-made wrinkled aluminum featuring wrinkles, which soften the column visually and make it appear more flexible, hence becoming a visual highlight in the space.
Curved stainless steel screens are used to effectively separate private rooms. Such arrangement ensures the timeliness of services since it provides better field of vision, without interrupting diners. The design enables the realization of an attentive service system. - Design Challenge
- As the project is a partial transformation of the original restaurant, the challenges are reducing negative effects on the original restaurant and adding more toilets.
- Project Duration
- Start time: January 2020
Completion time: July 2020
Shenzhen, China - Operation Flow
- It is a France restaurant. Slanting curved structures are freely combined in the space. The fluent planes and broken curved shapes create fluid spatial scenes. Floating structures and oblique forms generate a playful sense of lightness and instability. The space is semi-enclosed, which not only ensures privacy but also enables people to enjoy varying scenes and have different feelings when walking in it.
- Research
- The project shows a novel artistic interpretation of aesthetics. In such a space, one table, two persons and delicious food can form a poetic, distinctive and storytelling scene. The project is an attempt to shape the future of the city, and to stimulate people to discover the inner mind and explore playful experiences.
- Inspiration
- Most French restaurants usually have a traditional spatial pattern. As approaching the project, the design team, however, made an innovative attempt, which broke with the conventional layout while also bringing in French-style elegance and romance. From geometric shapes to natural material textures, dim light and music, all elements are aimed at producing unique and emotion-evoking spatial experiences and allowing people to enjoy the space as if they are appreciating a piece of wonderful music.
- Image Credits
- Ouyang Yun