Gumgum Garden Cynllun Mewnol Bwyty by Vincent Hsieh - HOAH Design

Gumgum Garden Cynllun Mewnol Bwyty by Vincent Hsieh - HOAH Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award in Mewnol Competition Category.

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Gumgum Garden Cynllun Mewnol Bwyty

by Vincent Hsieh - HOAH Design

Client: HOAH Design Limited

Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award Winner in Mewnol Category

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The Design

About Gumgum Garden Cynllun Mewnol Bwyty

Mae Gumgum Garden yn fwyty a thafarn wedi'i lleoli ar lawr isaf adeilad yn Taipei, Taiwan. Mae'r tu mewn yn ymestyn dros 530 metr sgwâr ac yn ail-greu awyrgylch bar traeth trofannol o fewn islawr dinesig. Rhennir y gofod yn bum parth: lolfa yn y tywod, bar traeth ynys, bwyty ogof graig, caffi gardd a bocs seddi jyngl. Defnyddir planhigion egsotig, coed henaidd a thywod cwrel go iawn drwy gydol y tu mewn. Gall gwesteion sy'n dychwelyd brofi lleoliad gwahanol ar bob ymweliad. Mae'r dyluniad yn cynnig lle ymlaciol i gwrdd, bwyta ac yfed ar ôl diwrnod hir.

The Recognition

About the Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award

Mae Gumgum Garden Cynllun Mewnol Bwyty yn enillydd Gwobr Efydd A' Design Award, cydnabyddiaeth hynod fawreddog a roddir i ddyluniadau rhagorol sydd yn nodedig am greadigrwydd, dyfeisgarwch a chraffter. Mae enillwyr Efydd yn arteffactau medrus iawn a thrawiadol o greadigol sydd yn dilysu profiad helaeth, dychymyg a dyfeisgarwch eu dylunwyr. Disgwylir i Gumgum Garden Cynllun Mewnol Bwyty fod yn wrthrych uchel ei fri, a edmygir ac a anwylir, sydd yn nodedig o broffesiynol ac arloesol. Mae'r dyluniad buddugol hwn o Wobr Efydd A' Design Award yn ymgorffori arferion gorau mewn celf, gwyddoniaeth, dylunio a thechnoleg, ac yn rhagorol am ei sylw i fanylion. Mae Gumgum Garden Cynllun Mewnol Bwyty yn bodloni anghenion yn odidog, yn cyffwrdd â dyheadau, yn swyno teimladau ac yn apelio at chwilfrydedd.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This restaurant design focused on creating an atmosphere that feels like relaxing at an island country beach bar, where guests can experience an exotic outdoor dinning experience in a city basement. The place is divided into five zones: lounge in the sand, island beach bar, rock cave dinning, garden cafe and jungle seat box, which allow returned customers to enjoy different atmosphere every time they dine in.
Dimensions & Packaging: This restaurant is located on the basement floor of a 30-year old building next to Taipei 101, in Taipei, capital of Taiwan. It is 530 meter square large, in a reinforced concrete residential building.
Tags: urban jungle, indoor beach bar, indoor garden cafe, basement restaurant, relaxing place, restaurant pub, vacation during pandemic
Production Technology: In consideration of pubic safety, a complete fire protection system that meets nowadays' safety requirement was added into the old building's already complex pipe system.
Material use is a key issue to this project.
To enhance the atmosphere of the space without any help of the best mood creator, sunlight and humid, loads of aged woods were used: weathered, raw wooden blocks that had no additional retouch, even unwanted tree trunks were modified by hand and widely use in the space.
Design Challenge: There are two big challenges. One of them is to create a relaxing atmosphere under a complex pipe system. The other challenge is a lot of natural materials were used in this indoor space, most of the effort is spent on overcoming various specifications.
Research: Taiwan is an island country, designers are familiar with the creation of a natural environment; however, the biggest challenge is to copy the atmosphere of the natural environment into a concrete house. This requires a lot of imagination and hands on construction experience. The experience of engineering supervision is the reason for the successful transformation.
Inspiration: We have been trapped during pandemic and long for a trip. Thus setting a scene of tropical beach in this city centre restaurant is our biggest goal. A restaurant pub is a place to meet friends, drink and dine, to relax after a long day stress. People always feel totally relaxed in a natural environment. Widely-used exotic plants, aged woods and real coral sand, magically bring diners into a vacation experience.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2020 and finished in February 2021 in Taipei, and was officially opened in March 2021. The restaurant is located at: Basement, No.18, Sec.5, Xinyi Rd., Xinyi Dist., Taipei City 110013, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Operation Flow: This restaurant is children-friendly and pet-friendly, already opened for guests and become very popular in Taiwan. This unique indoor environment is also perfect for commercial events in rainy Taipei, collaborated brands include Prada, LG and LINE TV, etc.
Team Members: founder, designer: Vincent Hsieh from HOAH Design Limited;
visual designer, illustrator: Muria Wu from HOAH Design Limited
Image Credits: All images: Photographer Frankie Lin, 2021. Visual Designer Muria Wu, 2021.
Video: Gumgum Garden Staffs, 2021.