Gentle L By Alan Yu Igishushanyo cy'Imbere mu Ipfundo ry'Ibiryo by Peihe Xie

Gentle L By Alan Yu Igishushanyo cy'Imbere mu Ipfundo ry'Ibiryo by Peihe Xie is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze in Igishushanyo cy'Imbere y'Inyubako Competition Category.

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Gentle L By Alan Yu Igishushanyo cy'Imbere mu Ipfundo ry'Ibiryo

by Peihe Xie

Client: AD ARCHITECTURE (Shenzhen)

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze Winner in Imbere y'Inyubako Category

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The Design

About Gentle L By Alan Yu Igishushanyo cy'Imbere mu Ipfundo ry'Ibiryo

Gentle L yakozwe na Alan Yu ni resitora y'Igifaransa iherereye i Shenzhen, mu Bushinwa. Imbere mu nzu ifite ubuso bwa metero kare 800 kandi igenda itandukanye n'imigenzereze isanzwe y'amashusho ya resitora. Hagati mu kibanza hahagaze inkingi nini y'icyuma yuzuyemo aluminiyumu yakozwemo intoki ifite imisatsi, kandi imisatsi igira uruhare mu koroshya inkingi hamwe no gukora ikintu gitangaje mu maso. Ibyuma bya sitenili bigoramye bikoreshwa mu gutandukanya ibyumba byihariye mu gihe bikomeza gutuma abakozi babona neza, bityo serivisi itangwa nta kubangamira abafata ifunguro. Igishushanyo cy'ikibanza gifunze igice gitanga ubwigenge n'ibirebwa bihinduka.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze

Gentle L By Alan Yu Igishushanyo cy'Imbere mu Ipfundo ry'Ibiryo ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze, ishimwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo by'indashyikirwa birangwa no guhanga, ubwenge n'ubushishozi. Abegukanye Buronze ni ibihangano bifite ubuhanga bwinshi kandi bihanga cyane, bishimangira uburambe, ubwenge n'ubushobozi bw'ababihanze. Gentle L By Alan Yu Igishushanyo cy'Imbere mu Ipfundo ry'Ibiryo biteganyijwe ko izaba ikintu cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifite ubunyamwuga n'udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Buronze gikoresha uburyo bwiza mu buhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga kandi kirarenze mu gutaha ku tuntu duto. Gentle L By Alan Yu Igishushanyo cy'Imbere mu Ipfundo ry'Ibiryo ishimisha ibyo dukeneye, ikora ku byifuzo byacu, itwara amarangamutima yacu kandi ikurura amatsiko yacu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Situated in Shenzhen, China, Gental L by Alan Yu is a French restaurant, co-founded by Leon LI and Alan YU. The letter "L" in the brand name represents the initials of Leon LI, while "GENTLE" indicates a sense of ritual and French elegance, besides, Alan YU was previously the Executive Chef of a three-Michelin-starred restaurant. The restaurant hopes to provide a private and cozy environment for people to enjoy fine French cuisine, regardless of the hustle and bustle of the outside world.
Dimensions & Packaging: Area: 800 sqm
Materials: wrinkled aluminum, carpet, paint, stone slab, lamp (SIKI)
Tags: French Restaurant, private space, AD Architecture, Light, spatial deconstruction, Xie Peihe
Production Technology: At the middle of the space erects a huge steel column made of hand-made wrinkled aluminum featuring wrinkles, which soften the column visually and make it appear more flexible, hence becoming a visual highlight in the space.
Curved stainless steel screens are used to effectively separate private rooms. Such arrangement ensures the timeliness of services since it provides better field of vision, without interrupting diners. The design enables the realization of an attentive service system.
Design Challenge: As the project is a partial transformation of the original restaurant, the challenges are reducing negative effects on the original restaurant and adding more toilets.
Research: The project shows a novel artistic interpretation of aesthetics. In such a space, one table, two persons and delicious food can form a poetic, distinctive and storytelling scene. The project is an attempt to shape the future of the city, and to stimulate people to discover the inner mind and explore playful experiences.
Inspiration: Most French restaurants usually have a traditional spatial pattern. As approaching the project, the design team, however, made an innovative attempt, which broke with the conventional layout while also bringing in French-style elegance and romance. From geometric shapes to natural material textures, dim light and music, all elements are aimed at producing unique and emotion-evoking spatial experiences and allowing people to enjoy the space as if they are appreciating a piece of wonderful music.
Project Duration: Start time: January 2020
Completion time: July 2020
Shenzhen, China
Operation Flow: It is a France restaurant. Slanting curved structures are freely combined in the space. The fluent planes and broken curved shapes create fluid spatial scenes. Floating structures and oblique forms generate a playful sense of lightness and instability. The space is semi-enclosed, which not only ensures privacy but also enables people to enjoy varying scenes and have different feelings when walking in it.
Team Members: Chief designer: Xie Peihe
Design team: AD ARCHITECTURE
Image Credits: Ouyang Yun