Soda Port Restaurant by Monique Lee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Competition Category.
SilverInterior· 2022
Soda Port Restaurant
by Monique Lee
Client: Macau Fisherman’s Wharf
Silver A' Design Award Winner in Interior Category
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About Soda Port Restaurant
Soda Port contains a private dining compartment Tato and a main dining hall. Tato features an open kitchen with a pillar figurative of Macao tower. The main hall has a bar section and a dining corner. Bar area is a modern retro space paved with marble stone. Its patterns derive from the flagstone street of Senado Square, while the screen decorations serve to revive classic stained glass patterns. Design of the drinking bar brings back the mood of Macao in the 50s. On its left is a private dining corner in the context of historic Ruinas de Sao Paulo against a Portuguese tiled feature wall.
The Recognition
About the Silver A' Design Award
Soda Port Restaurant is a Silver A' Design Award winner, an extraordinarily prestigious recognition granted to top-of-the-line, gorgeous, and impressive designs. Silver winners are tremendously brilliant and exceedingly creative works that illustrate the outstanding expertise, talent, and acuity of their designers. Soda Port Restaurant is expected to be a wonderful, showpiece work that is remarkably professional and profoundly innovative. This Silver A' Design Award-winning design is a highly notable, admired invention that benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Soda Port Restaurant is a vastly envied creation that evokes desires, introduces positive feelings, and sparks amazement and wonderment.
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Discuss Your ProjectInterviews
Grand Interview
Your innovative fusion of Macau's architectural heritage within Soda Port Restaurant has created a unique dining experience - could you elaborate on how you selected and interpreted these cultural elements to create such a harmonious blend of Chinese and European influences?
To create a harmonious blend of Chinese and European influences at Soda Port Restaurant, I researched Macau's architectural history, identifying key elements from both cultures. I selected features such as curved arches and intricate tile work, interpreting them through a modern lens to create a cohesive aestjetoc tjat respects tradition while appealing to contemporary diners.
The marble stone patterns in Soda Port Restaurant's bar area beautifully reference Senado Square's flagstone streets - what inspired you to incorporate this specific historical element, and how did you adapt it for a modern dining context?
The inspiration to incorporate the marble stone patterns from Senado Square's flagstone streets stemmed from a desire to connect the restaurant to Macau's vibrant streetscape. I adapted these patterns by simplifying their complexity and using modern materials, ensuring they fit seamlessly into the bar area while maintaining a nod to historical significance.
The open kitchen concept in Soda Port Restaurant's Tato section features a striking pillar reminiscent of Macau Tower - could you share the technical challenges of integrating ventilation systems within this architectural feature while maintaining its visual impact?
Integrating ventilation systems whithin the pillar inspired by Macau Tower presented technical challenges, particularly in maintaining airflow without compromising aesthetics. We worked closely with engineers to design a concealed system that blends into the pillar's structure, ensuring it remains visully striking and functional.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Macau's unique architectural relics are key design elements. The Interior space is furnished with elements of the cultural heritage of Ruínas de São Paulo, Senado Square, Portuguese style tiles, church stained glass and other vintage materials. All these reveal Macau's unique Chinese-European colonial history.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The site area is 594 sq.m.
- Tags
- Macau, Open kitchen bar, Fine dining, Chinese European culture, República Portuguesa
- Production Technology
- The use of materials is a combination of modern metallic and traditional construction materials. In the dining hall, the pattern of Flagstone Street of Senado Square is reproduced in marble stones. Meanwhile, the epitome of historic Ruínas de São Paulo is recreated in modern metal. Against it is a feature wall built with traditional Portuguese blue-white tiles.
- Design Challenge
- Wall in the ‘TATO’ is decorated with wooden pillars to create a relief effect. To achieve sound insulation function, suede material is mounted onto each pillar manually. For best air quality in the open kitchen context, ventilation pipes are set on the pillar. Several drawings are made for production, installation and final visual effect. Achieving ceiling design is another challenge. Aluminum planks of various sizes are made to incorporate amplifiers, lighting systems and complete the pattern.
- Research
- Research materials come mainly from Macau Government Tourism Office's official website information. Design synchronizes with the government's mission to sustain innovative thinking to introduce Macau's culture to the world and shape the peninsula into a world-class city of tourism and leisure.
- Inspiration
- Design concept embraces Macau's unique Chinese European culture which penetrates every corner of the restaurant. Interior layout is done to allow an interactive operation. Visitors and staff are free to communicate without barriers. Diners are not only eaters but also audience of the chef's magical culinary skills. The inviting atmosphere is a representation of Macau's culture to welcome tourists from all over the world to experience this world of diversity, colours, food and entertainment.
- Project Duration
- G/F., Legend Palace Hotel, Macau Fisherman's Wharf, Avenida da Amizade, Macau SAR, China.
- Operation Flow
- It highlights Macau as a hospitable city, design concept incorporates an interactive mode. The fine-dining compartment is an open kitchen bar while the kitchen in the main dining hall is visible through glass panels. So guests are both diners and audience of chefs' culinary skills.
- Patents
- Copyright belongs to Monique Lee, 2018
- Team Members
- Design Director: Monique Lee
- Image Credits
- Main Image: Photographer Antony Tang, Soda Port, 2021.
Image #1: Photographer Antony Tang, Soda Port, 2021.
Image #2: Photographer Antony Tang, Soda Port, 2021.
Image #3: Photographer Antony Tang, Soda Port, 2021.
Image #4: Photographer Antony Tang, Soda Port, 2021.
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