Saikai Izakaya Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Oriri na Ọṅụṅụ by Pang Ka I

Saikai Izakaya Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Oriri na Ọṅụṅụ by Pang Ka I is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz in Nhazi Ime Ụlọ na Ngosipụta Competition Category.

BronzIme Ụlọ· 2026

Saikai Izakaya Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Oriri na Ọṅụṅụ

by Pang Ka I

Client: Decologics Stuido

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz Winner in Ime Ụlọ Category

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The Design

About Saikai Izakaya Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Oriri na Ọṅụṅụ

Saikai Izakaya bụ ime ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ dị na Lisbon, Portugal. E kewara oghere ahụ dị mkpirikpi nke square mita 263.57 n'ime ihe nkiri 23 jikọtara ọnụ nke sitere n'obodo ndị ọkụ azụ nke Japan. Ndị ọbịa na-abanye site n'ihu ahịa e ji ahịhịa kpuchie ma na-agafe ụlọ mmanya, ebe iri nri nwere trellis, mpaghara iri nri nke ụgbọ mmiri ịkụ azụ zuru oke na steepu oriọna nwere elu okpukpu abụọ. Nhazi modul, mgbidi seramiiki dị nro, osisi ụgbọ mmiri ochie na ala simenti e ji kọfị chagharịa na-emepụta udidi ochie n'ọnụ ala dị ala. Nhazi modul ahụ na-eduzi njegharị ma na-asọpụrụ ụlọ nketa ahụ.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Bronz

Saikai Izakaya Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Oriri na Ọṅụṅụ meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị pụtara ìhè nke a ma ama maka nzụlite ihe, ọgụgụ isi na nghọta. Ndị meriri na Bronz bụ ihe e mere nke ndị nwere nka nke ukwuu ma dị mma n'imepụta nke na-egosi ahụmahụ buru ibu, echiche na ọgụgụ isi nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Saikai Izakaya Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Oriri na Ọṅụṅụ ga-abụ ihe a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Bronz na-agụnye ụzọ kacha mma n'ime nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ, ma dị mma nke ukwuu maka nlebara anya ya n'obere ihe. Saikai Izakaya Nhazi Ime Ụlọ Oriri na Ọṅụṅụ na-emezu mkpa nke ọma, na-emetụ ọchịchọ aka, na-adọrọ mmetụta obi ma na-adọta ọchịchọ ịmara.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Saikai lzakaya transforms a compact restaurant on Lisbon's busiest food street into a cinematic "time-travel" journey of 23 immersive scenes. Using modular sets, soft ceramic walls, fire-treated straw, and a life-size fishing boat, the design optimizes space, creates storytelling flow, and balances immersive experience with sustainability on a limited budget.
Dimensions & Packaging: Area: 263.57 square meters. The project integrates modular displays, a double-height lantern stairwell, market-style facade with straw and tiles, bar counter, flexible dining trellises, and a 1:1 scale fishing boat dining zone. Designed for immersive storytelling flow, the technical properties emphasize modularity, sustainability, and heritage compliance.
Tags: Saikai Izakaya, Immersive Dining, Cinematic Design, Japanese Fishing Village, Soft Ceramic, Modular Furniture, Sustainable Restaurant, Lisbon, Time-Travel Experience, Spatial Storytelling
Production Technology: The project employed modular construction, soft ceramic faux walls, straw facades, antique boat wood, and coffee-stained cement flooring. Budget limits required reconfigurable props, detachable furniture, and low-cost aging techniques, achieving authentic textures while ensuring safety, sustainability, and immersive effect within a heritage-protected building.
Design Challenge: The main challenges were tight budget fifty-five thousand euros, heritage facade restrictions, and limited material supply. To overcome this, the team developed modular, reconfigurable sets, used soft ceramic and coffee-stained cement for low-cost authentic aging, and created slim facade lightboxes. These solutions balanced historical context, technical constraints, and immersive design goals.
Research: This project explores how narrative-driven design can transform the limitations of a small restaurant into an immersive cultural journey. With a budget of fifty-five thousand euros, the team created 23 cinematic scenes using modular sets and sustainable materials. Research confirms that spatial storytelling enhances customer engagement, strengthens brand identity, and delivers measurable cultural and commercial value.
Inspiration: Inspired by an imagined Japanese fishing village where a samurai and geisha meet and reunite, the design translates this cinematic narrative into space. Drawing from Eastern philosophy on the fleeting nature of time, it invites diners to briefly escape daily life and become participants in a living story, turning a meal into an unforgettable journey.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2024 and finished in April, 2025 in Portugal.
Operation Flow: Guests enter through a straw-clad market facade and move seamlessly through eight immersive scenes: market foyer, bar, dining trellises, boat dining, and lantern tunnel. Each step reveals a new story chapter. Modular sets guide circulation, allowing diners to interact with the space, engage with narrative elements, and experience dining as participatory storytelling.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Huijie Zhao, Saikai Izakaya, 2025.
Image #2: Photographer Huijie Zhao, Saikai Izakaya, 2025.
Image #3: Photographer Huijie Zhao, Saikai Izakaya, 2025.
Image #4: Photographer Huijie Zhao, Saikai Izakaya, 2025.
Image #5: Photographer Huijie Zhao, Saikai Izakaya, 2025.