Takeen Omakase Bar by Ode Sdn Bhd is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award de Argint in Design Interior Competition Category.

ArgintInterior· 2023

Takeen Omakase Bar

by Ode Sdn Bhd

Client: Ode

A' Design Award de Argint Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Takeen Omakase Bar

Designul Takeen este inspirat de împrejurimile sale naturale din bambus. Acest design integrează morfologia plantelor, în special bambusul, cu cerințele sale funcționale pentru a crea o enclavă durabilă și organică pentru răgaz din orașul plin de viață Kuala Lumpur. Designul biomimetic a apărut din interpretarea matematică a modelelor de frunze și ramificații găsite la plante. Pe măsură ce pereții de la intrare, barul și bucătăria se bifurcă și converg încet, lumina curge în cascadă în forma sa sinuoasă, producând o experiență a naturii intrinseci a bambusului, care este unică pentru Takeen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Argint

Takeen Omakase Bar a câștigat A' Design Award de Argint, o recunoaștere extraordinar de prestigioasă acordată designurilor de top, superbe și impresionante. Câștigătorii Argintului sunt lucrări extraordinar de strălucite și extrem de creative, care ilustrează expertiza, talentul și perspicacitatea remarcabile ale designerilor lor. Se așteaptă ca Takeen Omakase Bar să fie o lucrare minunată, de referință, remarcabil de profesionistă și profund inovatoare. Acest design câștigător al A' Design Award de Argint este o invenție foarte notabilă și admirată, care aduce beneficii și împinge limitele artei, științei, designului și tehnologiei. Takeen Omakase Bar este o creație extrem de invidiată, care trezește dorințe, aduce sentimente pozitive și stârnește uimire și mirare.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: This design integrates plant morphology, particularly bamboo, with the functional requirements of the brief, creating a dichotomy between the bar and its neighbors. Diverging from the existing array of rectangular concrete forms, the fluid, biomimetic design of Takeen emerged from the mathematical interpretation of leaf and branching patterns found in plants. As the entrance, bar, and kitchen walls slowly bifurcate and converge, it creates an organic continuation of space that is in harmony with nature.
Dimensions & Packaging: Takeen offsets the total carbon emitted from the use of lightweight concrete blocks and tiles through bamboo materials. The total amount of carbon stored by using 25mm wide x 15mm thick and 5mm wide x 25mm thick strips of bamboo and timber is 20.31 tons. In comparison, the total amount of carbon emitted from the use of lightweight concrete blocks and tiles is 1.538 tons. By using bamboo and a timber structure, our project stores 18.77 tons more carbon than it emits.
Tags: Interior, Sustainability, Bamboo, Biomimicry, Bar, Organic, Nature, Restaurant
Production Technology: The organic design began with organizing the programmatic requirements of the omakase bar and kitchen in relation to site constraints. Limitations in the depth of the existing space generated a residual area that became the starting point of the plant based growth patterns throughout the design. The result provides 37 percent more storage space than what was originally required, eliminating the sight of glassware, servingware, containers, etc. to maximize the experience of bamboo.
Design Challenge: One of the main challenges was to create an omakase bar that appears minimalist and natural, expressing the beauty of bamboo. To seamlessly construct the curved bamboo walls with the shelves, countertops, and cabinets, each having different radii, the entire space had to be customized. The omakase bar counter tops were prefabricated into various sized panels using 5mm wide strips of bamboo and installed on site first. Then, thin strips of bamboo were installed individually to create continuity between the different curved surfaces.
Research: The arrangement of leaves on a stem, also known as phyllotaxis, have a common divergence angle that is related to the Fibonacci sequence, which is 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc., where the division of two successive numbers approximates the golden ratio: 1.618, or its inverse 0.618. The golden ratio has also been found in the bifurcation angles of bamboo, 34.4 degrees, the inverse of the golden ratio of 90 degrees or 0.618. These growth patterns and ratios were used as design parameters of Takeen.
Inspiration: The design of Takeen is inspired by its natural surroundings. Existing bamboo trees nearby led to the vision of a sustainable, organic enclave that forms a connection between the interior space and the flora around it. Bamboo, or take in Japanese, transforms the bar into a tranquil space for eating, drinking, and resting, freeing patrons from the congestion of the bustling city.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2022 and finished in Jan 2023
Operation Flow: Bamboo is experienced as a material, system, and immaterial space. The natural smell and touch of bamboo combined with the geometrical translation of its growth patterns into space and form, enlightens the senses. As light cascades down its undulating forms, an amalgamation of shadow, material, and organic space is experienced. From the existing corridor, the entrance branches off into the space, creating a natural flow between inside and outside. Internally, the walls, cabinets, counter tops, and shelves seamlessly flow into one another through a discrete set of curved geometry, creating a working area that is easy to operate and an experience of bamboos intrinsic nature that is unique to Takeen.
Team Members: Dr. Kody Kato
Jean Kian Soon
Image Credits: Main image by Lin Ho
Optional Image 01 by Lin Ho
Optional Image 02 by Lin Ho
Optional Image 03 by David Yeow
Optional Image 04 by David Yeow