Yibai Restaurant Design de Interiores de Restaurante by Axin Chen

Yibai Restaurant Design de Interiores de Restaurante by Axin Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award de Prata in Design de Espaços Interiores e Exposições Competition Category.

PrataInterior· 2024

Yibai Restaurant Design de Interiores de Restaurante

by Axin Chen

Client: Yibai Restaurant Team

A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Yibai Restaurant Design de Interiores de Restaurante

O Restaurante Yibai é um interior gastronómico cujo tema são as flores preservadas. O espaço ocupa 2000 metros quadrados distribuídos por dois pisos, com uma área pública no primeiro piso e a cozinha, a zona de refeições e o lounge no segundo. Tons suaves de branco com apontamentos dourados definem o interior. As fachadas têm a forma de pétalas, os arcos são arredondados e a cúpula evoca um pistilo. As superfícies curvas são executadas em gesso reforçado com fibra de vidro, enquanto as paredes semitranslúcidas são construídas com tijolos de cristal. Percursos de circulação independentes evitam o cruzamento dos trajetos dos comensais e dos funcionários.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Prata

Yibai Restaurant Design de Interiores de Restaurante conquistou o A' Design Award de Prata, um reconhecimento extraordinariamente prestigiado atribuído a designs de topo de gama, deslumbrantes e impressionantes. Os vencedores da Prata são obras tremendamente brilhantes e extremamente criativas que ilustram a perícia, o talento e a acuidade excecionais dos seus designers. Espera-se que Yibai Restaurant Design de Interiores de Restaurante seja uma obra maravilhosa e de referência, notavelmente profissional e profundamente inovadora. Este design vencedor do A' Design Award de Prata é uma invenção muito notável e admirada, que beneficia e faz avançar as fronteiras da arte, da ciência, do design e da tecnologia. Yibai Restaurant Design de Interiores de Restaurante é uma criação imensamente invejada que desperta desejos, traz sentimentos positivos e faz nascer espanto e deslumbramento.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The YIBAI Restaurant is a dining space themed on preserved fresh flowers, creating a secluded ambiance amidst a blossoming bloom. The entire space is dominated by a soft white colourway, with golden accents throughout. Both the facades and roofs incorporate exquisite floral designs, enveloping diners in an atmosphere reminiscent of an artistic sanctuary nestled within an elegant and pure blossom. This setting offers an unparalleled dining experience, whisking diners away to another world.
Dimensions & Packaging: Covers an area of 2000 square meters
Tags: Restaurant, Preserved Fresh Flower, White, Time, Artistic Space
Production Technology: This design pays homage to time by retaining natural material textures. As a result, the waterproof coatings are kept unpolished to showcase their inherent texture. Mainly crafted from gypsum reinforced glassfiber, the diverse curved surfaces are sleek, yet also sturdy and durable. Complementing this are the semi translucent walls built with crystal bricks, evoking the image of a flower frozen at its most vibrant bloom. Moreover, all the chosen materials excel in antibacterial properties.
Design Challenge: Given the varied petal shapes of facades, it is both challenging and essential to ensure stability and durability of these structures, while also balancing aesthetics and safety. To address this issue, the designer focused on meticulous material selection and exacting measurements throughout the modeling and installation phases, thereby eliminating any hidden dangers that could compromise public safety.
Research: Realizing that most emerging designs of restaurants favor dull and muted tones for ambiance, but often miss capturing cultural depth and uniqueness amid this prevailing trend, the designer chose a fresh approach, aiming to craft a vibrant yet gentle dining space steeped in deep meaning. The goal set for this project is to shift away from the formulaic design patterns, and offer a dining experience that not only delights the palate but also refreshes the body and mind.
Inspiration: Inspired by preserved flowers, this restaurant design captures their lasting beauty and symbolic meaning, conveying a commitment to serving pure and natural delicacies of timeless quality. Beyond merely for dining, it embodies a cultural value of the restaurant, i.e. respecting time.
Varied floral designs permeate this space, including the facades contoured like petals, the rounded arches, and the dome resembling a pistil, merging into an ambiance that is visually soothing, vibrant and inclusive.
Project Duration: The design phase ran from early November to late December, 2022. And the construction was completed by July, 2023.
Operation Flow: The restaurant spans two floors, with the public area on the first and the kitchen, dining area, and lounge on the second. The traffic flow is designed as a square loop nested in another, separating paths for food delivery, servers, and diners. This ensures a smooth dining experience by preventing the paths of diners from intersecting with those of the staff. The small banquet room offers privacy and, with its revolving door, can easily merge with the main dining space for added flexibility.