Hiyama Primary Function: Jatetxe baten Barnealdearen Diseinua by Alvan Suen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award in Barruko Espazioa eta Erakusketa Diseinua Competition Category.
ZilarBarrualdea· 2020
Hiyama Primary Function: Jatetxe baten Barnealdearen Diseinua
by Alvan Suen
Client: The Food Story HK Limited
Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award Winner in Barrualdea Category
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The Design
About Hiyama Primary Function: Jatetxe baten Barnealdearen Diseinua
Book Text: Hiyama izaeraren, Zenaren eta Japoniako etxe tradizionalaren ideien inguruan diseinatutako Japoniako jatetxe baten barnealdea da. Sarreratik gertu dagoen taberna batek harrera-gune gisa balio du, non gonbidatuak eseri eta edarietan itxaron dezaketen. Lanbroa duen banbu-bide batek kanpoko lorategiaren sentsazioa sortzen du. Jangelak banbutik ikusten diren etxe bereizi gisa tratatzen dira. Pabiloi bat dago bidearen amaieran, eta ondoren areto nagusi bat, egurrezko beranda baten eta portuari begira dagoen balkoi baten artean kokatua. Gela bakoitza egitura independente gisa eraikia dago, habe eta zutabeekin.
The Recognition
About the Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award
Hiyama Primary Function: Jatetxe baten Barnealdearen Diseinua Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, goi-mailako, zoragarriak eta liluragarriak diren diseinuei ematen zaien ezohiko aitorpen prestijiotsua. Zilar-mailako irabazleak lan oso distiratsuak eta sormen biziko lanak dira, beren diseinatzaileen aditutasun, talentu eta zorroztasun nabarmenak erakusten dituztenak. Hiyama Primary Function: Jatetxe baten Barnealdearen Diseinua erakusleiho-lan zoragarria, nabarmenki profesionala eta sakonki berritzailea izatea espero da. Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu hau asmakizun oso nabarmena eta miretsia da, onura ekartzen duena eta artearen, zientziaren, diseinuaren eta teknologiaren mugak zabaltzen dituena. Hiyama Primary Function: Jatetxe baten Barnealdearen Diseinua jende askok inbidia duen sorkuntza da, desirak pizten dituena, sentimendu positiboak ekartzen dituena eta harridura eta txunditzea pizten dituena.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The brand “Hiyama” has a history of 100 years in Japan, own by the Murakami family. In respect to its age and social status of the family, the first branch of Hiyama is designed under the concept of nature, Zen and the traditional Japanese house. In terms of the experience of entering the mansion of Murakami, a bar as the welcome area allows guests to be comfortably seated and waiting with drinks, following by a bamboo path with mist gives a feeling of being in the outdoor garden, different dining areas then have become the varied houses of the family by peeking through the bamboos, then passing by a pavilion at the end of the path and entering the main hall that is sandwiched in between a veranda in wood leading to the private room (VIP) and the balcony of the mall facing the harbor that also symbolizes an outdoor veranda spatially. In terms of construction, each “room” is also built as an individual structure with beams and columns like a house due to the ceiling of the mall.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Area: 2690 sq.ft.
Capacity: 83 - Tags
- Japan, Bamboo, Japanese House, Japan tradition, Tatami, Mist, free-standing structure
- Production Technology
- In terms of construction, aligning with the concept of having houses in the garden, the "rooms" are actually built as the independent structures with beams and columns due to the fact that the landlord does not allow us to hang anything from the ceiling.
For the "Zen" round mirror with a ripple-like feature wall, it was prefabricated in two pieces by CNC. For the check pattern feature wall with plaster finish, it was hand-painted by a very experienced worker.
In order to create a realistic daylight effect by having the continuous LED false ceiling, anything such as air-con opening, sprinkler and E-light were installed on the side instead because they cannot be seen on the ceiling. By having the air-con on the side, the air actually helps to blow and suck the mist downwards from the above that contributes to creating a mysterious feeling.
Instead of making drawings in a traditional way by CAD, the drawings including the E&M were generated by BIM software from the 3D model. - Design Challenge
- Cannot hang anything from the ceiling was the big challenge that we faced in this project, especially for an F&B project that requires a lot of E&M to be installed above the dining area such as air-conditioning, sprinkler, and lightings. To overcome the problem, building free-standing structures like houses and having the equipment laying on the roof was the solution. The second challenge will then be creating an eye-catching bamboo path for Instagramming with day and night, the solution was to have a continuous pure white LED above the bamboo walkway mimicking the daylight by moving all equipment to the side such as the air-con and exhaust.
- Inspiration
- The design inspiration in terms of construction, layout, experience and operation flow, was coming from the traditional Japanese house, garden and "Zen"; veranda, tatami mat, pavilion, bamboo, spatial arrangement, spatial hierarchy, water, mist, craftsmanship, etc. By combining all these together to form a traditional Japanese mansion of a noble family, creating the feeling of luxury through the spatial experience, and also the feeling of eating in a Japanese garden outdoor while actually being in a shopping mall.
- Project Duration
- The project is located in Harbor City, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The design was started in June 2019 and the construction was finished in November 2019.
- Operation Flow
- In terms of operation, a welcome bar is designed as a waiting area by the entrance is where the guests can comfortably settle down and wait to be seated with free drinks. Before having the Sukiyaki, the manager will show and introduce to the guests the wagyu beef, then cook in front of the guests and serve immediately.
There is also a very interesting spatial interaction between the outside (Bamboo path) and the inside (dining area), that the guests can peek into the windows that are opened looking for friends while their friends are like waiting for someone visiting their house, the dramatic silhouette creates by the frosted glass by the bamboo also helps to create excitement to whoever is waiting.
For catering different groups of people, flexible table setting, the "pavilion" as a semi-open room, a small private room, an event space with a capacity of 30 and a VIP room at the end with build-in acoustic panels for having meetings were designed. - Patents
- Copyrights belong to Alvan Suen, 2020
- Team Members
- Director: Alvan Suen
Designer: Jesie Chan
Designer: Hazel Ching
Designer: Alan Tang
Designer: Brian Hui - Image Credits
- Photographer: Yui Zhu, Kaman Tjang
Video Credits: Yui Zhu, Kaman Tjang
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