Hiyama Primary Function: Zayyanar Cikin Gidan Abinci by Alvan Suen

Hiyama Primary Function: Zayyanar Cikin Gidan Abinci by Alvan Suen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Kyautar A' Design Award ta Azurfa in Cikin Gida Competition Category.

AzurfaCikin Gida· 2020

Hiyama Primary Function: Zayyanar Cikin Gidan Abinci

by Alvan Suen

Client: The Food Story HK Limited

Kyautar A' Design Award ta Azurfa Winner in Cikin Gida Category

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The Design

About Hiyama Primary Function: Zayyanar Cikin Gidan Abinci

Book Text: Hiyama gidan cin abinci ne na Jafananci wanda aka zayyana cikinsa bisa tunanin yanayi, Zen da gidan Jafananci na gargajiya. Wani mashaya kusa da ƙofar shiga na aiki a matsayin wurin marabuwa inda baƙi za su iya zama su jira tare da abin sha. Wata hanyar bamboo mai hazo tana haifar da jin daɗin lambun waje. An yi ma wuraren cin abinci kamar gidaje daban-daban, waɗanda ake gani ta cikin bamboo. Wani rumfa yana tsaye a ƙarshen hanyar, sannan babban zauren da aka sanya tsakanin baranda na katako da wani baranda mai fuskantar tashar jiragen ruwa. An gina kowane ɗaki a matsayin gini mai zaman kansa da katakai da ginshiƙai.

The Recognition

About the Kyautar A' Design Award ta Azurfa

Zanen Hiyama Primary Function: Zayyanar Cikin Gidan Abinci ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Azurfa, wata karramawa mai tsananin daraja da ake bai wa zane-zane na matakin koli, masu kyau sosai kuma masu burgewa. Waɗanda suka lashe kyautar Azurfa ayyuka ne masu haske sosai da ƙirƙira mai yawa waɗanda ke nuna ƙwarewa, baiwa da kaifin tunanin masu zanensu. Ana sa ran zanen Hiyama Primary Function: Zayyanar Cikin Gidan Abinci ya zama aiki mai ban mamaki, abin koyi, mai ƙwarewa sosai kuma mai ƙirƙire-ƙirƙire mai zurfi. Wannan zane da ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Azurfa ƙirƙira ce mai abin lura sosai, da ake sha'awa, wacce ke amfanar da kuma kai iyakokin fasaha, kimiyya, zane da fasahar zamani gaba. Zanen Hiyama Primary Function: Zayyanar Cikin Gidan Abinci ƙirƙira ce da ake yi wa hassada sosai wacce ke tada sha'awa, tana kawo jin daɗi kuma tana haifar da mamaki da al'ajabi.

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