Silver Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2020
YumChina Innovation Center Kitchen Lab
by Ying Chi Huang - DEVA Design
- A' Design Award 2020 Silver Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Awarded April 15, 2020
- CLIENT: DEVA Design
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About YumChina Innovation Center Kitchen Lab
The Yum China Innovation Center is a 2500 square meter interior design for a food research and development facility in Shanghai, China. The center contains specialized kitchens, a conference room, a packaging design area, offices and a lobby. Each kitchen is planned for efficient, hygienic and comfortable work. Dedicated ventilation, water, power and data systems support the research activities. Ash wood and burl surfaces in gray and white tones create a warm and calm atmosphere. The layout was studied to improve the movement of staff and visitors.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- YumChina’s new Innovation Center defies limitations while conveying warmth; The efficient office space embraces a clean design aesthetic and is visually appealing; Hearty ash and burl suggests strength and dignity. The exquisitely detailed conference room, public spaces and kitchen innovation center are brimming with imagination, original ideas and creativity. YumChina’s embrace of intelligent design encourages fellowship, sensibility, rationality and food!
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 2500 sq. m. located in Shanghai, China
- Tags
- Innovation center, Kitchen Lab, Office, Conference room, Package design center, Lobby, gray/white tones
- Production Technology
- The Innovation Center is an optimization of the creative food experience. The design team carefully examined the food creation process and optimized the space to enhance the workflow and the movement of staff and visitors through the facility. The materials, colors and textures were selected to create an atmosphere that supports the sensory experience of new food creations.
- Design Challenge
- Yum China’s new facilities defy limitations while conveying
warmth; The efficient office space embraces a clean design
aesthetic and is visually appealing; Hearty ash and burl suggests
strength and dignity. The exquisitely detailed conference room,
public spaces and kitchen innovation center are brimming with
imagination, original ideas and creativity. Yum China’s embrace
of intelligent design encourages fellowship, sensibility, rationality... and food! - Project Duration
- Project duration from May 2018 to January 2018. The Innovation Center is located in Shanghai, China.
- Operation Flow
- The YumChina Innovation Center is at the heart of YumChina’s efforts to bring healthy diverse food choices to China. In highly specialized kitchens, foods are researched, developed and optimized. Each of the specialized kitchens has been designed to provide efficient, hygienic and thoughtful workspaces. Everything from materials, equipment and ergonomics was considered. Special HVAC, water, power and data systems were developed to fully support the Innovation Center activities. This cutting edge project resulted from the collaboration of the designers, contractors and food experts.
- Research
- The Yum China Innovation Kitchen facility is tasked with
interpreting, developing and refining the many food products
offered by the Yum China family of restaurants. Everything from
the ingredients, to the look to the packaging are meticulously
considered at this facility. Therefore, all aspects of this facility
were also meticulously considered, refined and reconsidered to
create a workplace that nurtures the very important tasks of the
professionals that labor here creating the future of food. - Inspiration
- Embracing sensibility and rationality: a mixture of functional considerations and innovative creativity
- Image Credits
- Deva Design, Yum China Innovation Center, 2019
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To use simple and minimalist style to let the functional requirements guide the aesthetic.
To create an integrated workplace that nurtures the very important tasks of the professionals that are creating the future of food.
This project has been completed and is functioning.
We took almost 3 months to finish this design.
We based the design on client requests for specific functional areas. This project was commissioned by the client.
We work as a team and all the team members contributed to the success of this project.
The client and the staff are the target customer.
An Innovation Kitchen is rather unique and there are very few projects like it.
The client chose the name
AutoCAD. Sketchup. 3D Max. Photoshop.
Making the functional requirements part of the aesthetic
We collaborated with the client and the contractor because of the highly technical nature of the design.
Technology is crucial to this design
We were required to research kitchens and laboratories to understand fully the operation of an research kitchen
The balance of function and design.
We are all very proud of this project. We wanted to share the results to hopefully inspire others taking on difficult projects. That’s why we wanted to join the competition.
Although we are a highly skilled and experienced design team, we had to really work hard to understand the very technical nature of research kitchens.