Dabpa-Shatin Desain Interior Restoran by Minus Workshop

Dabpa-Shatin Desain Interior Restoran by Minus Workshop is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Perunggu in Desain Ruang Interior dan Pameran Competition Category.

PerungguInterior· 2021

Dabpa-Shatin Desain Interior Restoran

by Minus Workshop

Client: Taste • Gourmet Group Limited

A' Design Award Perunggu Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Dabpa-Shatin Desain Interior Restoran

Dabpa-Shatin adalah interior restoran yang terletak di lantai dasar sebuah pusat perbelanjaan di Hong Kong. Denahnya mengikuti bentuk menyerupai sel dengan sirkulasi 360 derajat, sehingga staf dapat menjangkau setiap meja dari dapur dengan mudah. Area santap memiliki luas 2233 kaki persegi. Setiap tempat duduk banquette ditempatkan di samping bidang jendela besar yang menghadap lanskap dalam pot, sehingga memberikan privasi sekaligus pemandangan pribadi bagi para tamu. Lempengan lumut disisipkan pada berbagai permukaan. Rancangan ini menghubungkan ruang dalam dan luar serta terbaca sebagai sebuah taman, bukan sekadar sebuah gerai.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perunggu

Dabpa-Shatin Desain Interior Restoran adalah pemenang A' Design Award Perunggu, pengakuan yang sangat bergengsi yang diberikan kepada desain luar biasa yang dicirikan oleh kreativitas, kecerdikan, dan ketajaman. Pemenang Perunggu adalah artefak yang sangat terampil dan sangat kreatif yang membuktikan pengalaman luas, imajinasi, dan kelihaian para desainernya. Dabpa-Shatin Desain Interior Restoran diharapkan menjadi objek yang sangat dihargai, dikagumi, dan dicintai, sangat profesional dan inovatif. Desain pemenang A' Design Award Perunggu ini menyertakan praktik terbaik dalam seni, sains, desain, dan teknologi, dan sangat baik dalam perhatiannya pada detail. Dabpa-Shatin Desain Interior Restoran memuaskan kebutuhan dengan indah, menyentuh keinginan, memikat perasaan, dan menarik rasa ingin tahu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The shop is shaped like a cell form and it’s located at the ground floor, an unbright corner of the mall. However, owning the special characteristic that sited near the communal passage with a blast of daylight and garden decor. This makes Kevin Yiu – founder of Minus Workshop to brought up the concept story of “a surprise journey to the oriental garden”, targeted to create interconnectivity between the outdoor and indoor, style it to look like a garden from the outside rather than a shop from the inside. Approached to let the passersby to discover surprises under a sense of understated timelessness.
Dimensions & Packaging: The shop area is shaped like a cell form with a 360 traffic circulation and the area size is 2233sq.ft.
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Production Technology: each set of the banquette seater is designed next to a large window scene with a unique piece of potted landscape to provide extra privacy to customers. So people are able to enjoy their own piece of landscape while enjoying their dining. Additionally, each piece of the moss plate you found in the design were inlays and they were installed base on our design intuition, we first worked out certain modules of the mosses to create more than 100 foam plates and test fitted each of them on site for best visuality combination.
Design Challenge: The project required to provide a welcoming restaurant design that is attractive to the passersby inside this busy mall. Client wanted it all age orientated to make the stereotyped Sichuan cuisine more hospitable. Privacy was one great concern too, client wanted an unconventional space that able to encourage private conversation, so small groups of customers from the hustle city can liberate there longer. Occasional private event was also another guideline.
Research: The shop name "Dapab" is named after a beautiful scenic area in Chengdu, China. We studied the geographical character of the location first and begin to draw conceptual story out of it.
Inspiration: Dab-pa is named after a beautiful scenic area in Chengdu. this restaurant is missioned to land on the busiest (statistic-wise) shopping arcade in Hong Kong- New Town Plaza, intended to provide their unique recipe of Sichuan cuisine to its customer. Designed by Minus Workshop, their concept story leads this quiet corner of the mall to become a popular topic of the town.
Project Duration: The shop is located in the busiest (statistic-wise) shopping arcade in Hong Kong- New Town Plaza. The project started on June 2020 and ended on December, 2020
Operation Flow: Their signature hot dish serves in a large pot for this shop, that’s why the space is planned in a 360 circulation, staffs can access the traffic from the kitchen to all tables effortlessly. Each set of the banquette seater is designed next to a large window scene with a unique piece of potted landscape to provide unique dining experience to customers.
Team Members: Dan Wong
Image Credits: #1-5: Photographer Edmon Leong Photography, Variations, 2021