My Home Steak Primärfunktion: Buffet-Restaurant by Hui Hsin Cheng

My Home Steak Primärfunktion: Buffet-Restaurant by Hui Hsin Cheng is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award in Bronze in Innenraumdesign Competition Category.

BronzeInnenraum· 2026

My Home Steak Primärfunktion: Buffet-Restaurant

by Hui Hsin Cheng

Client: Homeyoung interior decorating and design Ltd.

A' Design Award in Bronze Winner in Innenraum Category

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The Design

About My Home Steak Primärfunktion: Buffet-Restaurant

Buchtext: My Home Steak Far Eastern Store haucht einem immersiven Design jugendliche Vitalität ein und verwandelt das traditionelle Steakhaus in einen dynamischen sozialen Treffpunkt. Das Erlebnis beginnt am Eingang, wo sich der Buchstabe "O" in der Beschilderung verspielt in einen Spiegelei-Basketball verwandelt. Die Buffetinsel dient zugleich als Laufsteg für die Jugend, hervorgehoben durch eine orangefarbene Verlaufsdecke und "GO"-Mosaikfliesen, die den Nervenkitzel einer Rennstrecke einfangen. Ergänzt durch rote Wellenpaneele und Sportball-Leuchten nutzt der Raum dynamische Lichtbänder, um die Energie eines Stadions widerzuspiegeln, und erweckt so die Philosophie "Move to Eat" zum Leben.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Bronze

My Home Steak Primärfunktion: Buffet-Restaurant ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Bronze, einer hochprestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für herausragende Designs, die sich durch Kreativität, Einfallsreichtum und Scharfsinn auszeichnen. Bronze-Gewinner sind reichlich geschickte und auffallend kreative Artefakte, die die große Erfahrung, Fantasie und Findigkeit ihrer Designer belegen. Von My Home Steak Primärfunktion: Buffet-Restaurant wird erwartet, dass es ein hochgeschätztes, bewundertes und geliebtes Objekt ist, das bemerkenswert professionell und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Bronze prämierte Design verkörpert bewährte Verfahren in Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie und ist hervorragend in seiner Liebe zum Detail. My Home Steak Primärfunktion: Buffet-Restaurant befriedigt Bedürfnisse auf großartige Weise, berührt Wünsche, bezaubert Gefühle und spricht die Neugier an.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: "My Home Steak" is a social arena where taste and connection converge. Guided by "sports and togetherness," it redefines dining as a cultural ritual. Here, food is an emotional medium for identity and joy. Breaking from traditional buffets, the design features a track-shaped island and stadium ceiling that turn sports energy into interaction. This elevates dining from simple consumption into a collective celebration of belonging and shared dialogue.
Dimensions & Packaging: Project area is 450 square meter.
Tags: Interior Design, buffet, MyHomeSteak, Taiwan, Restaurant, Steak House
Production Technology: My Home Steak Far Eastern Store blends youthful energy with thematic design. The space features a lit "MY HOME STEAK" sign, where the "O" creatively transforms into a fried-egg basketball, sparking appetite and vitality. The buffet island adopts a "youth runway" concept, highlighted by an orange gradient ceiling and mosaic "GO" tiles. Suspended sports-ball lamps and red wave-shaped panels further define the area while maintaining an open flow. Finally, dynamic light strips capture the rhythmic energy of a stadium, perfectly enhancing the "Move to Eat" spirit through visual motion.
Design Challenge: Our ethnographic research reimagined budget dining as a social hub. By observing and interviewing Gen Z diners, we explored how nostalgia triggers connection. A key challenge was balancing high-energy "sports" themes with a comfortable dining vibe. We overcame this by using rhythmic lighting and warm palettes to soften industrial elements. Results show that weaving campus memories into space turns meals into shared rituals, shifting business focus from cost to social value and brand loyalty.
Research: This project asks if a restaurant can be more than a place to eat and become a vessel for connection and memory. In a digital era of fragmented interaction, our goal is to use spatial design to revive the culture of gathering around a meal. The concept has three layers where sports energy turns the space into a stage for shared passion, youth nostalgia makes dining a reflection of personal stories, and social media immediacy brings digital behavior into physical space. My Home Steak becomes a social platform where people share emotions, express identity, and create lasting experiences.
Inspiration: This project explores if a restaurant can transcend dining to become a vessel for memory. Inspired by the need to revive the culture of gathering, the design integrates three layers: sports energy as a stage for passion, youth nostalgia for personal storytelling, and social media immediacy to bridge digital and physical worlds. "My Home Steak" thus evolves into a social platform where spatial design fosters identity, emotion, and shared experiences beyond the meal.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2021 and finished in April 2025 in Taiwan, Taipei City.
Operation Flow: In this project, function extends beyond circulation and efficiency to explore human behavior and interaction. The focus is not just on how people eat, but how space brings them closer. A racetrack buffet layout ensures smooth flow and visual connection, while social, individual, and shared seating zones address different needs. Lighting and music guide behavior where soft light encourages conversation and rhythmic sound energizes the mood. From ergonomics to layout, every detail aims to make interaction natural, turning dining into a social experience shaped by space.
Patents: All images: Chien Hsiang,Tai / Cheng Hui Hsin(Design director)/ My Home Steak attached to BENFENG Catering Group, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Team Members: Design Director ：Cheng Hui Hsin
Designer ： Lin Wan Ju
Designer ：Liu Yi Tseng
Image Credits: All images: Chien Hsiang,Tai / Cheng Hui Hsin(Design director)/ My Home Steak attached to BENFENG Catering Group, Taoyuan City, Taiwan