Saikai Izakaya ᱨᱮᱥᱴᱳᱨᱮᱱᱴ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ by Pang Ka I is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱨᱚᱫᱟᱨᱥᱚᱱᱤ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ Competition Category.
ᱠᱟᱥᱟᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ· 2026
Saikai Izakaya ᱨᱮᱥᱴᱳᱨᱮᱱᱴ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ
by Pang Ka I
Client: Decologics Stuido
A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ Category
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About Saikai Izakaya ᱨᱮᱥᱴᱳᱨᱮᱱᱴ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ
ᱥᱟᱭᱠᱟᱭ ᱤᱡᱟᱠᱟᱭᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱳᱨᱛᱩᱜᱟᱞ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱞᱤᱥᱵᱚᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱮᱥᱴᱳᱨᱮᱱᱴ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ 263.57 ᱵᱚᱨᱜᱚ ᱢᱤᱴᱚᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱦᱩᱰᱤᱧ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱟᱯᱟᱱᱤ ᱦᱟᱹᱠᱩ ᱥᱟᱵ ᱟᱛᱳ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱯᱨᱮᱨᱚᱱᱟ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ 23 ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱝ ᱡᱚᱲᱟᱣ ᱫᱨᱤᱥᱭᱚ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱩᱥᱩᱯ ᱛᱮ ᱦᱟᱨᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱦᱟᱴ ᱢᱚᱦᱰᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱚᱞᱚᱜᱼᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱵᱟᱨ, ᱡᱚᱢᱟᱜ ᱴᱨᱮᱞᱤᱥ ᱠᱚ, ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹ ᱢᱟᱯ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱦᱟᱹᱠᱩ ᱥᱟᱵ ᱰᱚᱸᱜᱟ ᱡᱚᱢᱟᱜ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱨ ᱩᱥᱩᱞ ᱞᱟᱞᱴᱮᱱ ᱥᱤᱲᱦᱤ ᱦᱚᱛᱮ ᱛᱮ ᱠᱚ ᱯᱟᱨᱚᱢᱼᱟ᱾ ᱢᱳᱰᱩᱞᱟᱨ ᱥᱮᱴ ᱠᱚ, ᱠᱚᱢᱚᱞ ᱥᱮᱨᱟᱢᱤᱠ ᱠᱟᱸᱛᱷ ᱠᱚ, ᱢᱟᱨᱮ ᱰᱚᱸᱜᱟ ᱠᱟᱴ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱚᱯᱷᱤ ᱛᱮ ᱨᱚᱸᱜᱟᱣ ᱥᱤᱢᱮᱸᱴ ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱦᱚᱛᱮ ᱛᱮ ᱠᱚᱢ ᱜᱚᱱᱚᱝ ᱛᱮ ᱢᱟᱨᱮ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱱ ᱛᱮᱠᱥᱪᱚᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨᱚᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱢᱳᱰᱩᱞᱟᱨ ᱞᱮᱭᱟᱣᱴ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱮᱱ ᱦᱮᱡ ᱦᱚᱨ ᱮ ᱩᱫᱩᱜᱼᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱢᱟᱨᱮ ᱦᱮᱨᱤᱴᱮᱡ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱮ ᱢᱟᱱᱚᱛᱼᱟ᱾
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ
Saikai Izakaya ᱨᱮᱥᱴᱳᱨᱮᱱᱴ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱠᱟᱥᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱟᱣᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Saikai Izakaya ᱨᱮᱥᱴᱳᱨᱮᱱᱴ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
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.
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