Gentle L By Alan Yu Diseño de interiores de restaurante by Peihe Xie is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Bronce in Diseño de Espacios Interiores y Exposiciones Competition Category.
BronceInterior· 2021
Gentle L By Alan Yu Diseño de interiores de restaurante
by Peihe Xie
Client: AD ARCHITECTURE (Shenzhen)
A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Interior Category
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About Gentle L By Alan Yu Diseño de interiores de restaurante
Gentle L, de Alan Yu, es un restaurante francés situado en Shenzhen, China. El interior abarca 800 metros cuadrados y se aparta de la distribución tradicional de un restaurante. En el centro del espacio se alza una gran columna de acero revestida de aluminio arrugado a mano; las arrugas suavizan la columna y constituyen un punto focal visual. Unas mamparas curvas de acero inoxidable separan los reservados y mantienen un campo visual despejado, de modo que el servicio se presta sin molestar a los comensales. La planta semicerrada ofrece privacidad y vistas cambiantes.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Bronce
Gentle L By Alan Yu Diseño de interiores de restaurante ha ganado el A' Design Award de Bronce, un reconocimiento sumamente prestigioso concedido a diseños sobresalientes que se distinguen por su creatividad, ingenio y astucia. Los ganadores de Bronce son artefactos ampliamente hábiles y sorprendentemente creativos que acreditan la vasta experiencia, imaginación e ingeniosidad de sus diseñadores. Se espera que Gentle L By Alan Yu Diseño de interiores de restaurante sea un objeto muy apreciado, admirado y querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora las mejores prácticas del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología, y es excelente por su atención al detalle. Gentle L By Alan Yu Diseño de interiores de restaurante satisface espléndidamente las necesidades, toca los deseos, encanta los sentimientos y atrae la curiosidad.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Situated in Shenzhen, China, Gental L by Alan Yu is a French restaurant, co-founded by Leon LI and Alan YU. The letter "L" in the brand name represents the initials of Leon LI, while "GENTLE" indicates a sense of ritual and French elegance, besides, Alan YU was previously the Executive Chef of a three-Michelin-starred restaurant. The restaurant hopes to provide a private and cozy environment for people to enjoy fine French cuisine, regardless of the hustle and bustle of the outside world.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Area: 800 sqm
Materials: wrinkled aluminum, carpet, paint, stone slab, lamp (SIKI) - Tags
- French Restaurant, private space, AD Architecture, Light, spatial deconstruction, Xie Peihe
- Production Technology
- At the middle of the space erects a huge steel column made of hand-made wrinkled aluminum featuring wrinkles, which soften the column visually and make it appear more flexible, hence becoming a visual highlight in the space.
Curved stainless steel screens are used to effectively separate private rooms. Such arrangement ensures the timeliness of services since it provides better field of vision, without interrupting diners. The design enables the realization of an attentive service system. - Design Challenge
- As the project is a partial transformation of the original restaurant, the challenges are reducing negative effects on the original restaurant and adding more toilets.
- Research
- The project shows a novel artistic interpretation of aesthetics. In such a space, one table, two persons and delicious food can form a poetic, distinctive and storytelling scene. The project is an attempt to shape the future of the city, and to stimulate people to discover the inner mind and explore playful experiences.
- Inspiration
- Most French restaurants usually have a traditional spatial pattern. As approaching the project, the design team, however, made an innovative attempt, which broke with the conventional layout while also bringing in French-style elegance and romance. From geometric shapes to natural material textures, dim light and music, all elements are aimed at producing unique and emotion-evoking spatial experiences and allowing people to enjoy the space as if they are appreciating a piece of wonderful music.
- Project Duration
- Start time: January 2020
Completion time: July 2020
Shenzhen, China - Operation Flow
- It is a France restaurant. Slanting curved structures are freely combined in the space. The fluent planes and broken curved shapes create fluid spatial scenes. Floating structures and oblique forms generate a playful sense of lightness and instability. The space is semi-enclosed, which not only ensures privacy but also enables people to enjoy varying scenes and have different feelings when walking in it.
- Team Members
- Chief designer: Xie Peihe
Design team: AD ARCHITECTURE - Image Credits
- Ouyang Yun
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