The Parallel Blue 수족관 식사 by Tetsuya Matsumoto

The Parallel Blue 수족관 식사 by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 철상 in 인테리어 공간 및 전시 디자인 Competition Category.

철인테리어· 2021

The Parallel Blue 수족관 식사

by Tetsuya Matsumoto

Client: Starlinks.Co.Ltd

A' Design Award 철상 Winner in 인테리어 Category

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The Design

About The Parallel Blue 수족관 식사

일본에서 가장 번화한 유흥 장소 중 한 곳에 위치한 The Parallel Blue는 도쿄 신주쿠에서 새로운 수족관 식사 경험을 제공합니다. 콘크리트 정글 중심부에서 바다를 테마로 한 가능성에 도전하는 새로운 레스토랑은 단순한 환대 환경을 저녁 식사가 수족관 우주에 잠긴 몰입형 공간으로 바꿉니다. 몰입감 넘치는 경험을 만들기 위해 벽은 거울로 마감했고 천장은 유사한 반사 알루미늄 패널로 마감하여 공간을 모든 방향으로 확장하고 주변 환경의 해양 생물을 재현했습니다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 철상

The Parallel Blue 수족관 식사, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 철상 수상작으로, 잘 디자인된 창작물에 기대되는 전문적·산업적 요건을 충족하는 좋은 디자인에 수여되는 권위 있는 인정입니다. 철상 수상작은 창작자의 뛰어난 기술, 높은 전문성, 전문가다운 이해, 창의적 역량을 보여 줍니다. The Parallel Blue 수족관 식사, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 창작물로서 실용적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 철상 수상 디자인은 업계 모범 사례를 통합하며 노하우와 재능으로 연결된 유능한 기술적 특성을 갖추고 있습니다. The Parallel Blue 수족관 식사, 이 작품은 철저함으로 존중받으며 삶의 질을 개선하여 세상을 더 나은 곳으로 만들도록 디자인되었습니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Located in one of the most bustling night life spots in Japan, The Parallel Blue offers a new aquarium dining experience in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Challenging the ocean themed possibilities in the heart of the concrete jungle, the new restaurant turns the simple hospitality environment into an immersive space where dinners are submerged in an aquarium universe. The roles are inversed, the dining room is now surrounded by oceanic sceneries, instead of the classical decorative use of aquariums.
Dimensions & Packaging: Gross Built Area: 94sqm
W12350mm x D8850mm x H2200mm
Tags: Japan, restaurant, aquarium, Tokyo, immersive, narrow, reflection, blue
Production Technology: The restaurant occupies the fourth floor of a mixed-use building. Considering the water tanks heavy weight to be introduced in a relatively old building, the aquariums were positioned exclusively on the top of load bearing beams. Moreover, the aquariums require a maintaining space on the top restricting them from reaching the ceiling. To create the immersive experience, walls were finished in mirrors and the ceiling in reflective aluminum panels expending the space in all directions.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge was to create an immersive experience in a limited area not exceeding the 100sqm and a ceiling height limited to a crushing 2.2m. the other challenge was to insert heavy water tanks inside a relatively old building not designed to bare heavy loads. The solution was to position the water tanks directly over the beams, and extend the space using reflections on the walls and ceiling.
Research: The hospitality design and the immersive experience design are stepping each one step closer to each other. While this is true and being tested in several digital immersive art forms, it is less common when it comes to non-digital experiences. The creative research that this project was based on was to find out a way to use the smaller aquariums to create immersive environment.
Inspiration: The design for The Parallel Blue is inspired by both the immersive art experiences and the much larger oceanic aquariums attractions. The location of the restaurant in one of the most vibrant nightlife spots in Tokyo, has also had its influence on the space design.
Project Duration: Project start: December 2019.
Construction start: March 2020.
Project/Construction End: June 2020.

Location: Tokyo, Japan.
Operation Flow: The elevator hall on the 4th floor gives on the entrance door, the entrance is made through a small to create more privacy, the first space encountered after are four quarter of circles creating intimate spaces for couple seats. Two other subdivisions of the space are reserved to box sofa seating each with four tables. The smaller space has two tables for two, and two tables for four people. The larger space has two tables for four and two tables for 6 people.
Team Members: Tetsuya Matsumoto
Motoaki Takeuchi
Farid Ziani
Risa Iriyama
Mari Sugiyama
Image Credits: Image #1: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.
Image #2: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.
Image #3: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.
Image #4: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.
Image #5: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.