Gentle L By Alan Yu Te Hoahoa o Roto Wharekai by Peihe Xie

Gentle L By Alan Yu Te Hoahoa o Roto Wharekai by Peihe Xie is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Roto Whare me te Whakaaturanga Competition Category.

ParahiRoto Whare· 2021

Gentle L By Alan Yu Te Hoahoa o Roto Wharekai

by Peihe Xie

Client: AD ARCHITECTURE (Shenzhen)

A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Roto Whare Category

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The Design

About Gentle L By Alan Yu Te Hoahoa o Roto Wharekai

Ko Gentle L nā Alan Yu he wharekai Wīwī kei Shenzhen, Haina e tū ana. Ko te wāhi o roto he 800 mita tapawhā te rahi, ā, ka wehe atu i te whakatakotoranga wharekai tuku iho. Kei waenganui o te wāhi e tū ana tētahi pou rino nui kua whakapaipaitia ki te konumohau kua whakamahia ā-ringa kia mīngoingoi ai, ā, mā ēnei mīngoingoi e whakangāwari ake te pou me te hanga i tētahi tohu ātaahua ki te titiro atu. Ko ngā mata konumohau kore-waikura kua pikoa e wehe ana i ngā rūma tūmataiti, ā, ka pupuri tonu i te tirohanga mārama, nā reira ka whakahaerehia ngā mahi manaaki me te kore whakararuraru i ngā manuhiri kai. Ko te mahere hangarau-hāwhe e tuku ana i te noho matatapu me ngā tirohanga rerekē e panoni ana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Parahi

Ko Gentle L By Alan Yu Te Hoahoa o Roto Wharekai te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Gentle L By Alan Yu Te Hoahoa o Roto Wharekai he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Gentle L By Alan Yu Te Hoahoa o Roto Wharekai i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Situated in Shenzhen, China, Gental L by Alan Yu is a French restaurant, co-founded by Leon LI and Alan YU. The letter "L" in the brand name represents the initials of Leon LI, while "GENTLE" indicates a sense of ritual and French elegance, besides, Alan YU was previously the Executive Chef of a three-Michelin-starred restaurant. The restaurant hopes to provide a private and cozy environment for people to enjoy fine French cuisine, regardless of the hustle and bustle of the outside world.
Dimensions & Packaging: Area: 800 sqm
Materials: wrinkled aluminum, carpet, paint, stone slab, lamp (SIKI)
Tags: French Restaurant, private space, AD Architecture, Light, spatial deconstruction, Xie Peihe
Production Technology: At the middle of the space erects a huge steel column made of hand-made wrinkled aluminum featuring wrinkles, which soften the column visually and make it appear more flexible, hence becoming a visual highlight in the space.
Curved stainless steel screens are used to effectively separate private rooms. Such arrangement ensures the timeliness of services since it provides better field of vision, without interrupting diners. The design enables the realization of an attentive service system.
Design Challenge: As the project is a partial transformation of the original restaurant, the challenges are reducing negative effects on the original restaurant and adding more toilets.
Research: The project shows a novel artistic interpretation of aesthetics. In such a space, one table, two persons and delicious food can form a poetic, distinctive and storytelling scene. The project is an attempt to shape the future of the city, and to stimulate people to discover the inner mind and explore playful experiences.
Inspiration: Most French restaurants usually have a traditional spatial pattern. As approaching the project, the design team, however, made an innovative attempt, which broke with the conventional layout while also bringing in French-style elegance and romance. From geometric shapes to natural material textures, dim light and music, all elements are aimed at producing unique and emotion-evoking spatial experiences and allowing people to enjoy the space as if they are appreciating a piece of wonderful music.
Project Duration: Start time: January 2020
Completion time: July 2020
Shenzhen, China
Operation Flow: It is a France restaurant. Slanting curved structures are freely combined in the space. The fluent planes and broken curved shapes create fluid spatial scenes. Floating structures and oblique forms generate a playful sense of lightness and instability. The space is semi-enclosed, which not only ensures privacy but also enables people to enjoy varying scenes and have different feelings when walking in it.
Team Members: Chief designer: Xie Peihe
Design team: AD ARCHITECTURE
Image Credits: Ouyang Yun