Hiyama Primary Function: Mikhuna Wasi Ukhu Ruray by Alvan Suen

Hiyama Primary Function: Mikhuna Wasi Ukhu Ruray by Alvan Suen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu in Ukupi Kamay Competition Category.

QullqiUkupi· 2020

Hiyama Primary Function: Mikhuna Wasi Ukhu Ruray

by Alvan Suen

Client: The Food Story HK Limited

A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu Winner in Ukupi Category

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The Design

About Hiyama Primary Function: Mikhuna Wasi Ukhu Ruray

Hiyama nisqaqa huk Japón mikhuna wasim, paypa ukhun allichasqa karqan pachamama, Zen yuyaykuna, hinaspa ñawpa Japón wasikunapiwan. Yaykuna qaylla huk upyana wasim, kaypim runakupa suyaspa upyaykunawan tiyanku. Wayk'u ñanwan paray phukuwan hawa muyuq t'ika pampapi hina kayta rikuchin. Mikhunapaq k'itikunaqa sapaq wasikuna hinam qhawasqa, wayk'u ukhunta rikusqa. Ñanpa tukuyninpi huk pukyu wasim sayan, chaymantataq huk hatun wasi churasqa kulluq balcón ukhupi hinaspa qucha uyaman qhawaq balcónpi. Sapa wasim sapaq ruraymanta hatarichisqa kurkukunawan hinaspa pilarkunawan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu

Hiyama Primary Function: Mikhuna Wasi Ukhu Ruray 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. Hiyama Primary Function: Mikhuna Wasi Ukhu Ruray 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. Hiyama Primary Function: Mikhuna Wasi Ukhu Ruray 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 brand “Hiyama” has a history of 100 years in Japan, own by the Murakami family. In respect to its age and social status of the family, the first branch of Hiyama is designed under the concept of nature, Zen and the traditional Japanese house. In terms of the experience of entering the mansion of Murakami, a bar as the welcome area allows guests to be comfortably seated and waiting with drinks, following by a bamboo path with mist gives a feeling of being in the outdoor garden, different dining areas then have become the varied houses of the family by peeking through the bamboos, then passing by a pavilion at the end of the path and entering the main hall that is sandwiched in between a veranda in wood leading to the private room (VIP) and the balcony of the mall facing the harbor that also symbolizes an outdoor veranda spatially. In terms of construction, each “room” is also built as an individual structure with beams and columns like a house due to the ceiling of the mall.
Dimensions & Packaging: Area: 2690 sq.ft.
Capacity: 83
Tags: Japan, Bamboo, Japanese House, Japan tradition, Tatami, Mist, free-standing structure
Production Technology: In terms of construction, aligning with the concept of having houses in the garden, the "rooms" are actually built as the independent structures with beams and columns due to the fact that the landlord does not allow us to hang anything from the ceiling.
For the "Zen" round mirror with a ripple-like feature wall, it was prefabricated in two pieces by CNC. For the check pattern feature wall with plaster finish, it was hand-painted by a very experienced worker.
In order to create a realistic daylight effect by having the continuous LED false ceiling, anything such as air-con opening, sprinkler and E-light were installed on the side instead because they cannot be seen on the ceiling. By having the air-con on the side, the air actually helps to blow and suck the mist downwards from the above that contributes to creating a mysterious feeling.
Instead of making drawings in a traditional way by CAD, the drawings including the E&M were generated by BIM software from the 3D model.
Design Challenge: Cannot hang anything from the ceiling was the big challenge that we faced in this project, especially for an F&B project that requires a lot of E&M to be installed above the dining area such as air-conditioning, sprinkler, and lightings. To overcome the problem, building free-standing structures like houses and having the equipment laying on the roof was the solution. The second challenge will then be creating an eye-catching bamboo path for Instagramming with day and night, the solution was to have a continuous pure white LED above the bamboo walkway mimicking the daylight by moving all equipment to the side such as the air-con and exhaust.
Inspiration: The design inspiration in terms of construction, layout, experience and operation flow, was coming from the traditional Japanese house, garden and "Zen"; veranda, tatami mat, pavilion, bamboo, spatial arrangement, spatial hierarchy, water, mist, craftsmanship, etc. By combining all these together to form a traditional Japanese mansion of a noble family, creating the feeling of luxury through the spatial experience, and also the feeling of eating in a Japanese garden outdoor while actually being in a shopping mall.
Project Duration: The project is located in Harbor City, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The design was started in June 2019 and the construction was finished in November 2019.
Operation Flow: In terms of operation, a welcome bar is designed as a waiting area by the entrance is where the guests can comfortably settle down and wait to be seated with free drinks. Before having the Sukiyaki, the manager will show and introduce to the guests the wagyu beef, then cook in front of the guests and serve immediately.
There is also a very interesting spatial interaction between the outside (Bamboo path) and the inside (dining area), that the guests can peek into the windows that are opened looking for friends while their friends are like waiting for someone visiting their house, the dramatic silhouette creates by the frosted glass by the bamboo also helps to create excitement to whoever is waiting.
For catering different groups of people, flexible table setting, the "pavilion" as a semi-open room, a small private room, an event space with a capacity of 30 and a VIP room at the end with build-in acoustic panels for having meetings were designed.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Alvan Suen, 2020
Team Members: Director: Alvan Suen
Designer: Jesie Chan
Designer: Hazel Ching
Designer: Alan Tang
Designer: Brian Hui
Image Credits: Photographer: Yui Zhu, Kaman Tjang
Video Credits: Yui Zhu, Kaman Tjang