Bco Yangzhou Zhongji Te Hoahoa o Roto o te Wharekai by Vega Lee

Bco Yangzhou Zhongji Te Hoahoa o Roto o te Wharekai by Vega Lee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Roto Whare me te Whakaaturanga Competition Category.

HiriwaRoto Whare· 2026

Bco Yangzhou Zhongji Te Hoahoa o Roto o te Wharekai

by Vega Lee

Client: BCO Restaurants, China

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Roto Whare Category

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The Design

About Bco Yangzhou Zhongji Te Hoahoa o Roto o te Wharekai

Ko Bco Yangzhou Zhongji he hoahoa o roto o tētahi wharekai kei te papa raro o te Zhongji Wenchang Center i Yangzhou, Haina. E tata ana te rahi o te wāhi ki te 500 mita pūrua, ā, e rua ngā teitei o te tuanui, me ngā matapihi teitei katoa e kawe mai ana i te mārama o te rā. Ka whakakotahihia e te kōwhiringa rauemi te raima tae māmā, te ōka mā me ngā papa mā-ānewa. Ka tāpirihia te kākāriki ki te wāhi kai e ngā rarauhe e tautau ana, ngā tipu monstera me tētahi pakitara pūkohu ora e 1.8 mita te teitei. I hangaia anō te mata o waho kia kitea ai te wharekai he pūataata mai i roto, mai i waho hoki.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Bco Yangzhou Zhongji Te Hoahoa o Roto o te Wharekai te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Bco Yangzhou Zhongji Te Hoahoa o Roto o te Wharekai he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Bco Yangzhou Zhongji Te Hoahoa o Roto o te Wharekai he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: BCO Yangzhou Zhongji sits on the ground floor of Zhongji Wenchang Center at 618 Wenchang Middle Road—locals call it “the most Instagram able brunch oasis on Wenchang.” Nearly 500 m² of double-height space is washed in daylight by full-height windows; inside, low-saturation concrete, pale oak and off-white set the tone, while cascading ferns, monsteras and an 1.8-metre living moss wall drop the perceived temperature by three degrees.
Dimensions & Packaging: 500 sqm
Design Challenge: The transformation of the facade of the original building, and internally and externally transparent.
Inspiration: BCO is an emerald quietly set into the city’s steel ribs. Push the door and a seven-meter glass vault pours liquid sunlight over the din, rinsing it into soft silhouettes. The timber bar meanders like a river; the kettle’s silver stream draws an improvised violin string in mid-air. Concrete walls are tamed into warm rice paper where moss and ferns splatter ink, growing into breathing mountains.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2024 in Yangzhou, China, and finished in February 2025. And the restaurant opened for business in February 2025.

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