Simply Ka Loko o ka Hale Kūʻai Makana by Chu Ting Fai

Simply Ka Loko o ka Hale Kūʻai Makana by Chu Ting Fai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Loko Hale a me Hōʻike Competition Category.

KeleaweLoko Hale· 2021

Simply Ka Loko o ka Hale Kūʻai Makana

by Chu Ting Fai

Client: Chu Ting Fai

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Loko Hale Category

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The Design

About Simply Ka Loko o ka Hale Kūʻai Makana

He loko hale kūʻai makana ʻo Simply ma Macau. Kūʻai aku ka hale i nā mea hoʻomanaʻo, nā kanakē a me nā mea pāʻani. Ua hoʻoulu ʻia ke kālailaina e ka ʻano o ke sirika, a ua hoʻomāmā ʻia i mau kino piko. Hana nā kino ʻano konea i mau kolamu hoʻonani a me kahi kaupaku kūpolu. Hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻili kala nui e huki mai i nā keiki a me nā ʻohana e hele ana ma laila. Ua wehe piha ʻia ka ʻaoʻao mua o ka hale e hōʻike i kahi manaʻo hoʻokipa. Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā mea maʻalahi, e like me nā kolamu gypsum hoʻoikaika ʻia i ke aniani piko, ka pepa pale ma nā paia, a me nā pōhaku ʻumeke lepo ma ka papahele. Ma kahi o 52 mika hua ka nui o ka hale kūʻai.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Simply Ka Loko o ka Hale Kūʻai Makana i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Simply Ka Loko o ka Hale Kūʻai Makana he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Simply Ka Loko o ka Hale Kūʻai Makana i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The retail mainly provides souvenir product, candy, toy...etc. To fit the aim of youth demographic, a colorful design and circus atmosphere will help to draw attention to the kids and family whose walk through. A fully open shop front also helps to have a welcome feeling.Decided to bring the curved shape with cone, to form of decorative column and domed ceiling structure, curvature of the Circus, in simplified way.
Dimensions & Packaging: It is about 52 square meters in area.
Tags: circus, gift shop, colorful, candy
Production Technology: Simple materials are used for this project. GRG curved column, different kind of wallpaper applied on wall, ceramic tiles for the floor. Special venetian paint applied to Facade.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of this design are technical construction issue. The making and fabrication of the curved vertical roller shutter used almost one month.
Research: Designer did many research of circus design in different countries, find out the most iconic elements of circus, and simplified the elements to applied on the design.
Inspiration: The World need more fun under global pandemic. As a souvenir shop under this new development, the retail operator try to take a different approach to others, this store in inspired from the amazing ambiance of Circus atmosphere, to allow their customer with a different shopping experience: Cheer and Fun.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2019 and finished in November 2019 in Macau.
Operation Flow: The project had been appointed to us during the main building still under construction period. We tried to understand the design style of adjacent area based on design drawings and renderings. After few round of discussion and presentation to Owner, Circus design style had been confirmed.
Team Members: Chu Ting Fai