Wavy Stillness Sports Bar by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award in Mapangidwe a Mkati mwa Nyumba ndi Mawonekedwe Competition Category.
BronzeMkati· 2022
Wavy Stillness Sports Bar
Client: C-UPS cafe and sports bar
Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award Winner in Mkati Category
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The Design
About Wavy Stillness Sports Bar
The Wavy Stillness ndi malo ochereza alendo omwe amakakamizika kuphatikiza madera awiri osiyana, cafe masana, ndi bwalo lamasewera pofika madzulo. Kuphatikiza uku, kumawonjezera chidziwitso cha ntchito zapamwamba zomwe bungweli likupereka, kumapanga malo osakanizidwa amtundu watsopano. Khoma lakuseri kwa kauntala limakutidwa ndi chinsalu chosapanga dzimbiri cha mbali zitatu chomwe chimapanga chiwonetsero champhamvu chomwe chimasintha malinga ndi ngodya ya wowonera. Kuphatikiza apo, poganizira za kuchititsa zochitika zowonera pagulu la Masewera, zowonera 21 zakonzedwa m'magulu anayi osiyanasiyana.
The Recognition
About the Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award
Wavy Stillness Sports Bar ndi mmodzi mwa opambana a Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award, kuzindikirika kolemekezeka kwambiri komwe kumaperekedwa kwa mapangidwe abwino kwambiri omwe amaonekera ndi luso lolenga, kuchenjera ndi nzeru zakuthwa. Opambana a Bronze ndi zinthu zaluso kwambiri ndi zolenga modabwitsa zomwe zimatsimikizira zochitika zazikulu, kulingalira ndi kuchenjera kwa opanga awo. Wavy Stillness Sports Bar akuyembekezeka kukhala chinthu choyamikiridwa, chosirira ndi chokondedwa, chaukatswiri wapadera ndi chatsopano. Mapangidwe opambana Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award awa amaphatikiza machitidwe abwino kwambiri a luso, sayansi, kapangidwe ndi ukadaulo ndipo ndi abwino kwambiri chifukwa cha kusamala kwawo zazing'ono. Wavy Stillness Sports Bar amakwaniritsa zosowa mokongola, kukhudza zilakolako, kukopa mitima ndi kudzutsa chidwi.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The wavy stillness is a hospitality establishment that combines a luxury cafe and a sports bar in one single space. Located on the fourth floor of a commercial building, The two outer walls facing a movie theater are completely glazed, together with the third face open on a balcony facing the historical Himeji Castle. The counter wall and part of the ceiling are covered in a three dimensional wavy stainless plates that alters their reflection according to the viewers angle.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Gross Built Area: 285sqm
W20722mm x D9437mm x H3000mm - Tags
- Japan, sportsbar, bar, cafe, hospitality, counter, restaurant, sports, interior, architecture
- Production Technology
- The space follows an open plan so there is almost no wall. The pillar and the surrounding half wall are all covered in marble. All sofas are custom made, and the individual readymade chairs upholstery is matched to them. The counter back installed on the kitchen wall is made as a furniture and covered in a unique three dimensional stainless panels imitating water movement. The counter itself is made using artificial stone and the half wall is covered in glass mosaic tiles.
- Design Challenge
- Since the design takes place on the fourth floor of an already existing facility, it would have been expansive to remodel the layout of the previous tenant, especially concerning the fire sprinklers. Therefore, the design had to exploit the same space configuration to deliver an otherwise already complicated combination of a luxury cafe and a sports bar. Placing the monitors necessary to modern sports bar was also a difficult task as it had a heavy impact on the cafe image.
- Research
- The research in this project was conducted to find out a way to combine the two different types of hospitality spaces in just one without altering one another, and to anchor the space within its context and surrounding. How can we integrate a luxury cafe and a sports bar in a unique space that serves both purposes. The materiality was also big part of the project research as it had a consequent impact on the general atmosphere.
- Inspiration
- Since the space is aimed to combine several typologies of hospitality establishments, it combines design elements from each kind. The cafe part takes inspiration from luxury hotel lobbies with their colorful sofa and marble finishes. The sports bar aims to reproduce the cinematic effect of the neighboring movie theatre by combining 21 TV screens. And finally, the Bar auto referencing high end cocktail and wine bars.
- Project Duration
- Project start: October 2020.
Construction start: March 2021.
Project/Construction End: May 2021.
Location: Himeji, Japan. - Operation Flow
- The glass door entrance to the cafe bar is facing the movie theatre and gives straight to the counter on the right side. To the left, the open space dining room that is built in three different areas. The central Sofa with tables surrounding it, the U shaped red sofa on the movie theatre side and four couple sofa facing the balcony and enjoying a direct view to the historical Himeji Castle. Behind the counter wall the kitchen and the VIP room that has also a direct view to the castle.
- Team Members
- Tetsuya Matsumoto
Motoaki Takeuchi
Farid Ziani - Image Credits
- Image #1: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, WavyStillness, 2021.
Image #2: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, WavyStillness, 2021.
Image #3: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, WavyStillness, 2021.
Image #4: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, WavyStillness, 2021.
Image #5: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, WavyStillness, 2021.
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