Yibai Restaurant Mikhuna Wasi Ukhu Allichay by Axin Chen

Yibai Restaurant Mikhuna Wasi Ukhu Allichay by Axin Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu in Ukupi Kamay Competition Category.

QullqiUkupi· 2024

Yibai Restaurant Mikhuna Wasi Ukhu Allichay

by Axin Chen

Client: Yibai Restaurant Team

A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu Winner in Ukupi Category

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The Design

About Yibai Restaurant Mikhuna Wasi Ukhu Allichay

Yibai mikhuna wasiqa waqaychasqa t'ikakunamanta yuyaychasqa mikhuna ukhu allichaymi. Kay pachaqa 2000 metro cuadrado iskay patapi mast'arikun, ñawpaq patapi llapanpaq kancha, iskay patapitaq wayk'una wasi, mikhuna kancha, samana kancha ima. Llamp'u yuraq llimp'ikuna quri t'ikrachiykunawan kay ukhuta rikch'achin. Qhawana uyakunaqa t'ika raphikuna hina rurasqa kanku, arkukunapas muyusqa kanku, hanaq muyu qatataq t'ika sunqunta yuyarichin. Muyusqa uyakunaqa gypsum nisqawan glassfiber nisqawan kallpachasqa rurasqa kanku, chawpi k'anchaq pirqakunataq crystal ladrillo nisqakunawan hatarichisqa kanku. T'aqasqa puriy ñankunaqa mikhuqkunapa llamk'aqkunapa puriyninta mana chimpanachinchu.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu

Yibai Restaurant Mikhuna Wasi Ukhu Allichay A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu mishak kan, ancha jatun yupaychay, kayta hanak, sumak shinallatak mancharina diseñukunaman kun. Qullqi mishak kashkakunaka ancha achikyaska shinallatak ancha mushuk ruraykunami, paykunata rurakkunapak yachayta, yuyayta shinallatak ushayta rikuchinku. Yibai Restaurant Mikhuna Wasi Ukhu Allichay ruray yachak, ñawpak shinallatak mushuk yuyayta charik sumak rurashka kanata munanku. Kay Qullqi Premiu japishka diseñuka ancha riksishka shinallatak yupaychashka yuyay kan, arti, siensia, diseñu shinallatak tekinolojía ñawpak ñankunata kichuk. Yibai Restaurant Mikhuna Wasi Ukhu Allichay achka runakunapak munashka rurashka kan, munayta kallarichin, alli yuyaykunata kun shinallatak mancharichin.

Behind the Design

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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.