Takeen Omakase Bar by Ode Sdn Bhd Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design

Ode Sdn Bhd acknowledged for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Takeen Omakase Bar by Ode Sdn Bhd, designed for Ode, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

About the Silver A' Design Award

The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.

More About Takeen Omakase Bar

The design of Takeen is inspired by its natural bamboo surroundings. This design integrates plant morphology, particularly bamboo, with its functional requirements to create a sustainable, organic enclave for respite from the bustling city of Kuala Lumpur. The biomimetic design emerged from the mathematical interpretation of leaf and branching patterns found in plants. As the entrance, bar, and kitchen walls slowly bifurcate and converge, light cascades down its sinuous form, producing an experience of bamboos intrinsic nature that is unique to Takeen.

About Ode Sdn Bhd

The Office for Design Evolution (ODE) was founded by Dr. Kody Kato in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The company name refers to an evolutionary design process, which combines architecture, material studies, evolutionary biology, engineering, and the environment, in unconventional ways to enhance the way we live, work and experience space. Dr. Kato received a Doctor of Architecture degree in Performance oriented design with a focus in structural engineering and mathematical biology. He has over 15 years of international experience. While completing his dissertation, he studied and worked under the direction of Dr.

Award Record

With this recognition, Ode Sdn Bhd is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award

The A' Interior Design Award is an international interior design competition recognizing good interior designs by interior designers and architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Typical entries include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. The awarded interior designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/interior

About A' Design Award & Competition

Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://designers.org/148820
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/148820
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!148820
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/342735

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Takeen Omakase Bar
Function: Omakase Bar
Category: Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Discipline: Spatial Design
Industry: Architecture and Packaging & Retail
Colors: Saddle Brown, Dark Gray, Dark Olive Green, Gray and Dark Slate Gray
Images: 5
Client: Ode

The Recognition

Laureate: Ode Sdn Bhd
Country: Malaysia
Recognition: Silver A' Design Award
Edition: 2022 - 2023
Design ID: #148820

Credits

Team: Dr. Kody Kato and Jean Kian Soon
Image Credits: Main image by Lin Ho Optional Image 01 by Lin Ho Optional Image 02 by Lin Ho Optional Image 03 by David Yeow Optional Image 04 by David Yeow

Design Details

Unique Properties: This design integrates plant morphology, particularly bamboo, with the functional requirements of the brief, creating a dichotomy between the bar and its neighbors. Diverging from the existing array of rectangular concrete forms, the fluid, biomimetic design of Takeen emerged from the mathematical interpretation of leaf and branching patterns found in plants. As the entrance, bar, and kitchen walls slowly bifurcate and converge, it creates an organic continuation of space that is in harmony with nature.
Inspiration: The design of Takeen is inspired by its natural surroundings. Existing bamboo trees nearby led to the vision of a sustainable, organic enclave that forms a connection between the interior space and the flora around it. Bamboo, or take in Japanese, transforms the bar into a tranquil space for eating, drinking, and resting, freeing patrons from the congestion of the bustling city.
Research: The arrangement of leaves on a stem, also known as phyllotaxis, have a common divergence angle that is related to the Fibonacci sequence, which is 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc., where the division of two successive numbers approximates the golden ratio: 1.618, or its inverse 0.618. The golden ratio has also been found in the bifurcation angles of bamboo, 34.4 degrees, the inverse of the golden ratio of 90 degrees or 0.618. These growth patterns and ratios were used as design parameters of Takeen.
Challenge: One of the main challenges was to create an omakase bar that appears minimalist and natural, expressing the beauty of bamboo. To seamlessly construct the curved bamboo walls with the shelves, countertops, and cabinets, each having different radii, the entire space had to be customized. The omakase bar counter tops were prefabricated into various sized panels using 5mm wide strips of bamboo and installed on site first. Then, thin strips of bamboo were installed individually to create continuity between the different curved surfaces.
Realization and Technology: The organic design began with organizing the programmatic requirements of the omakase bar and kitchen in relation to site constraints. Limitations in the depth of the existing space generated a residual area that became the starting point of the plant based growth patterns throughout the design. The result provides 37 percent more storage space than what was originally required, eliminating the sight of glassware, servingware, containers, etc. to maximize the experience of bamboo.
Operation and Interaction: Bamboo is experienced as a material, system, and immaterial space. The natural smell and touch of bamboo combined with the geometrical translation of its growth patterns into space and form, enlightens the senses. As light cascades down its undulating forms, an amalgamation of shadow, material, and organic space is experienced. From the existing corridor, the entrance branches off into the space, creating a natural flow between inside and outside.
Project Duration and Location: The project started in March 2022 and finished in Jan 2023
Specifications: Takeen offsets the total carbon emitted from the use of lightweight concrete blocks and tiles through bamboo materials. The total amount of carbon stored by using 25mm wide x 15mm thick and 5mm wide x 25mm thick strips of bamboo and timber is 20.31 tons. In comparison, the total amount of carbon emitted from the use of lightweight concrete blocks and tiles is 1.538 tons. By using bamboo and a timber structure, our project stores 18.77 tons more carbon than it emits.
Keywords: Interior, Sustainability, Bamboo, Biomimicry, Bar, Organic, Nature, Restaurant