Dabpa-Shatin Restaurantinterieur by Minus Workshop

Dabpa-Shatin Restaurantinterieur by Minus Workshop is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Brons in Interieur en Tentoonstellingsontwerp Competition Category.

BronsInterieur· 2021

Dabpa-Shatin Restaurantinterieur

by Minus Workshop

Client: Taste • Gourmet Group Limited

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Interieur Category

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The Design

About Dabpa-Shatin Restaurantinterieur

Dabpa-Shatin is een restaurantinterieur op de begane grond van een winkelcentrum in Hongkong. De plattegrond volgt een celvormige indeling met een circulatiepatroon van 360 graden, zodat het personeel vanuit de keuken elke tafel gemakkelijk kan bereiken. Het eetgedeelte beslaat 2233 vierkante voet. Elke bankzitplaats bevindt zich naast een groot uitzicht met een landschap in potten, wat de gasten privacy en een persoonlijk uitzicht biedt. Mosplaten zijn ingelegd in de oppervlakken. Het ontwerp verbindt binnen- en buitenruimte en oogt eerder als een tuin dan als een winkel.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

Dabpa-Shatin Restaurantinterieur is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Brons, een hoogst prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan uitstekende ontwerpen die zich onderscheiden door creativiteit, vindingrijkheid en scherpzinnigheid. Winnaars in Brons zijn ruimschoots vaardige en opvallend creatieve artefacten die de grote ervaring, verbeelding en het vernuft van hun ontwerpers bevestigen. Dabpa-Shatin Restaurantinterieur wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerd, bewonderd en gekoesterd object te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Brons heeft gewonnen, verwerkt de beste praktijken in kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie en is uitstekend door zijn aandacht voor detail. Dabpa-Shatin Restaurantinterieur bevredigt schitterend behoeften, raakt verlangens, charmeert gevoelens en spreekt de nieuwsgierigheid aan.

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