The Parallel Blue Challwa Qhawana Mikhuy by Tetsuya Matsumoto

The Parallel Blue Challwa Qhawana Mikhuy by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Fierru Premiu in Ukupi Kamay Competition Category.

FierruUkupi· 2021

The Parallel Blue Challwa Qhawana Mikhuy

by Tetsuya Matsumoto

Client: Starlinks.Co.Ltd

A' Design Award Fierru Premiu Winner in Ukupi Category

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The Design

About The Parallel Blue Challwa Qhawana Mikhuy

Japón suyupi aswan t'ikrasqa tuta kawsay cheqasninkunamanta hukninpi tarikushan, The Parallel Blue musuq challwa qhawana mikhuy experienciata qun Shinjuku, Tokyo llaqtapi. Hormigón llaqtapa chawpinpi mama quchapa temayuq atiykunata ruwaspa, kay musuq mikhuy wasiqa sapa p'unchay hospitalidad pachata huk ch'uya ukhupi kaq espacioman tikran maykaqpichus mikhuqkunaqa challwa qhawana pacha ukhupi chinkasqa hina kanku. Kay ch'uya ukhupi experienciata ruranapaqmi pirqakuna qhawariq lunakunawan tukuchisqa karqan, hawa techo rikch'anakuq aluminiomanta p'anqakunawan ruruchisqa, espaciota tukuy ladonman mast'arispa hinaspa mama quchapa kawsayninta muyuriq pachapi wakmanta kamachispa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Fierru Premiu

The Parallel Blue Challwa Qhawana Mikhuy A' Design Award Fierru Premiu mishak kan, yupaychay, kayta ruray yachak shinallatak industriapak mañaykunata paktachik alli diseñukunaman kun. Fierru mishak kashkakunaka hatun ruray ushayta, hanak yachayta, yachak yuyayta shinallatak ruray kamachiyta rikuchinku. The Parallel Blue Challwa Qhawana Mikhuy sinchi yupaychashka, kuyashka shinallatak kuyashka ruray, ruranapak alli shinallatak mushuk yuyaypi kanata munanku. Kay Fierru Premiu japishka diseñuka industriapak ashtawan alli ruraykunata tantachin shinallatak yachaywan shinallatak ushaywan tantashka tekniku ushayta charin. Sinchi ruraymanta The Parallel Blue Challwa Qhawana Mikhuy yupaychashka kan shinallatak kawsayta alliyachik ruraykunata kuypak ruray kan, pachata ashtawan alli kachun ruran.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Located in one of the most bustling night life spots in Japan, The Parallel Blue offers a new aquarium dining experience in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Challenging the ocean themed possibilities in the heart of the concrete jungle, the new restaurant turns the simple hospitality environment into an immersive space where dinners are submerged in an aquarium universe. The roles are inversed, the dining room is now surrounded by oceanic sceneries, instead of the classical decorative use of aquariums.
Dimensions & Packaging: Gross Built Area: 94sqm
W12350mm x D8850mm x H2200mm
Tags: Japan, restaurant, aquarium, Tokyo, immersive, narrow, reflection, blue
Production Technology: The restaurant occupies the fourth floor of a mixed-use building. Considering the water tanks heavy weight to be introduced in a relatively old building, the aquariums were positioned exclusively on the top of load bearing beams. Moreover, the aquariums require a maintaining space on the top restricting them from reaching the ceiling. To create the immersive experience, walls were finished in mirrors and the ceiling in reflective aluminum panels expending the space in all directions.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge was to create an immersive experience in a limited area not exceeding the 100sqm and a ceiling height limited to a crushing 2.2m. the other challenge was to insert heavy water tanks inside a relatively old building not designed to bare heavy loads. The solution was to position the water tanks directly over the beams, and extend the space using reflections on the walls and ceiling.
Research: The hospitality design and the immersive experience design are stepping each one step closer to each other. While this is true and being tested in several digital immersive art forms, it is less common when it comes to non-digital experiences. The creative research that this project was based on was to find out a way to use the smaller aquariums to create immersive environment.
Inspiration: The design for The Parallel Blue is inspired by both the immersive art experiences and the much larger oceanic aquariums attractions. The location of the restaurant in one of the most vibrant nightlife spots in Tokyo, has also had its influence on the space design.
Project Duration: Project start: December 2019.
Construction start: March 2020.
Project/Construction End: June 2020.

Location: Tokyo, Japan.
Operation Flow: The elevator hall on the 4th floor gives on the entrance door, the entrance is made through a small to create more privacy, the first space encountered after are four quarter of circles creating intimate spaces for couple seats. Two other subdivisions of the space are reserved to box sofa seating each with four tables. The smaller space has two tables for two, and two tables for four people. The larger space has two tables for four and two tables for 6 people.
Team Members: Tetsuya Matsumoto
Motoaki Takeuchi
Farid Ziani
Risa Iriyama
Mari Sugiyama
Image Credits: Image #1: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.
Image #2: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.
Image #3: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.
Image #4: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.
Image #5: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.