Saikai Izakaya Mikhuna Wasip Ukhun Allichay by Pang Ka I

Saikai Izakaya Mikhuna Wasip Ukhun Allichay by Pang Ka I is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu in Ukupi Kamay Competition Category.

BurunsiUkupi· 2026

Saikai Izakaya Mikhuna Wasip Ukhun Allichay

by Pang Ka I

Client: Decologics Stuido

A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu Winner in Ukupi Category

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The Design

About Saikai Izakaya Mikhuna Wasip Ukhun Allichay

Saikai Izakaya nisqaqa Lisboa llaqtapi, Portugal suyupi, huk mikhuna wasip ukhunmi. Kay huch'uy 263.57 metro kuadrado kancha 23 t'inkisqa rikch'aykunaman rakisqa kachkan, Japon challwa hap'iq llaqtachamanta yuyaychasqa. Watukuqkunaqa ichhuwan p'istusqa qhatu punkuntam yaykunku, hinaspa huk bar ñawpaqninta, mikhuna trellis nisqakunata, huk hatun challwa hap'ina wamp'u mikhuna kanchata, huk iskay sayay lamparayuq pata patantapas purinku. Modular churasqakuna, llamp'u ceramica pirqakuna, mawk'a wamp'u k'ullukuna, cafewan tiñisqa cemento pampapas machu texturakunata pisi qullqillawan ruwanku. Modular churay purinata pusarin, ñawpa wasitapas yupaychan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu

Saikai Izakaya Mikhuna Wasip Ukhun Allichay A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu mishak kan, jatun yupaychay, kayta mana shuk shina, mushuk yuyaypi, yuyaypi shinallatak chaskik kaypi riksishka diseñukunaman kun. Burunsi mishak kashkakunaka ruray ushayta charik shinallatak mancharina mushuk rurashkakunami, paykunata rurakkunapak achka yachayta, yuyayta shinallatak ruray ushayta rikuchinku. Saikai Izakaya Mikhuna Wasip Ukhun Allichay sinchi yupaychashka, kuyashka shinallatak riksishka shuk ruray kanata munanku, ruray yuyaywan shinallatak mushuk yuyaywan. Kay Burunsi Premiu japishka diseñuka arti, siensia, diseñu shinallatak tekinolojíapi ashtawan alli ruraykunata tantachin shinallatak ima ukumanta rikuypi sumak kan. Saikai Izakaya Mikhuna Wasip Ukhun Allichay mañaykunata alli paktachin, munaykunata llankan, shunkuta kuyachin shinallatak yachayta munayta kallarichin.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Saikai lzakaya transforms a compact restaurant on Lisbon's busiest food street into a cinematic "time-travel" journey of 23 immersive scenes. Using modular sets, soft ceramic walls, fire-treated straw, and a life-size fishing boat, the design optimizes space, creates storytelling flow, and balances immersive experience with sustainability on a limited budget.
Dimensions & Packaging: Area: 263.57 square meters. The project integrates modular displays, a double-height lantern stairwell, market-style facade with straw and tiles, bar counter, flexible dining trellises, and a 1:1 scale fishing boat dining zone. Designed for immersive storytelling flow, the technical properties emphasize modularity, sustainability, and heritage compliance.
Tags: Saikai Izakaya, Immersive Dining, Cinematic Design, Japanese Fishing Village, Soft Ceramic, Modular Furniture, Sustainable Restaurant, Lisbon, Time-Travel Experience, Spatial Storytelling
Production Technology: The project employed modular construction, soft ceramic faux walls, straw facades, antique boat wood, and coffee-stained cement flooring. Budget limits required reconfigurable props, detachable furniture, and low-cost aging techniques, achieving authentic textures while ensuring safety, sustainability, and immersive effect within a heritage-protected building.
Design Challenge: The main challenges were tight budget fifty-five thousand euros, heritage facade restrictions, and limited material supply. To overcome this, the team developed modular, reconfigurable sets, used soft ceramic and coffee-stained cement for low-cost authentic aging, and created slim facade lightboxes. These solutions balanced historical context, technical constraints, and immersive design goals.
Research: This project explores how narrative-driven design can transform the limitations of a small restaurant into an immersive cultural journey. With a budget of fifty-five thousand euros, the team created 23 cinematic scenes using modular sets and sustainable materials. Research confirms that spatial storytelling enhances customer engagement, strengthens brand identity, and delivers measurable cultural and commercial value.
Inspiration: Inspired by an imagined Japanese fishing village where a samurai and geisha meet and reunite, the design translates this cinematic narrative into space. Drawing from Eastern philosophy on the fleeting nature of time, it invites diners to briefly escape daily life and become participants in a living story, turning a meal into an unforgettable journey.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2024 and finished in April, 2025 in Portugal.
Operation Flow: Guests enter through a straw-clad market facade and move seamlessly through eight immersive scenes: market foyer, bar, dining trellises, boat dining, and lantern tunnel. Each step reveals a new story chapter. Modular sets guide circulation, allowing diners to interact with the space, engage with narrative elements, and experience dining as participatory storytelling.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Huijie Zhao, Saikai Izakaya, 2025.
Image #2: Photographer Huijie Zhao, Saikai Izakaya, 2025.
Image #3: Photographer Huijie Zhao, Saikai Izakaya, 2025.
Image #4: Photographer Huijie Zhao, Saikai Izakaya, 2025.
Image #5: Photographer Huijie Zhao, Saikai Izakaya, 2025.