The Parallel Blue Aquarium ڊائننگ by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award لوهه انعام in اندروني جڳه ۽ نمائش ڊيزائن Competition Category.
لوههانٽيرئر· 2021
The Parallel Blue Aquarium ڊائننگ
Client: Starlinks.Co.Ltd
A' Design Award لوهه انعام Winner in انٽيرئر Category
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The Design
About The Parallel Blue Aquarium ڊائننگ
جاپان ۾ سڀ کان وڌيڪ مشغول رات جي زندگي جي جڳهن ۾ واقع آهي، متوازي بليو شنجوڪو، ٽوڪيو ۾ هڪ نئين ايڪريريم ڊائننگ جو تجربو پيش ڪري ٿو. ڪنڪريٽ جي جنگل جي دل ۾ سامونڊي موضوعن جي امڪانن کي چيلينج ڪندي، نئون ريسٽورنٽ سادو مهمان نوازي واري ماحول کي هڪ عميق جڳهه ۾ تبديل ڪري ٿو جتي رات جي ماني هڪ ايڪريريم ڪائنات ۾ ٻڏي ويندي آهي. حيرت انگيز تجربو پيدا ڪرڻ لاء، ڀتين کي آئيني ۾ ختم ڪيو ويو ۽ ڇت ساڳئي طرح عڪاسي ڪندڙ ايلومينيم پينلز ۾ خلا کي سڀني طرفن ۾ خرچ ڪندي ۽ سامونڊي زندگي کي ڀرپاسي جي ماحول ۾ ٻيهر ٺاهيندي.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award لوهه انعام
The Parallel Blue Aquarium ڊائننگ A' Design Award لوهه انعام جو کٽيندڙ آهي، معزز اعتراف جيڪو انهن سٺين ڊيزائنن کي ڏنو وڃي ٿو جيڪي چڱيءَ طرح ڊزائين ڪيل تخليقن کان متوقع پيشه ورانه ۽ صنعتي گهرجون پوريون ڪن ٿيون. لوهه جا کٽيندڙ پنهنجي خالقن جي وڏي مهارت، اعليٰ ماهري، ماهرانه سمجھ ۽ تخليقي صلاحيت ڏيکارين ٿا. The Parallel Blue Aquarium ڊائننگ کان اميد ڪئي وڃي ٿي ته اهو هڪ تمام گهڻو قدر ڪيل، ساراهيل ۽ پياري تخليق هوندو جيڪو عملي ۽ جدت وارو آهي. هي ڊيزائن جنهن A' Design Award لوهه انعام کٽيو آهي، صنعت جا بهترين طريقا گڏ ڪري ٿو ۽ علم ۽ صلاحيت سان ڳنڍيل قابل ٽيڪنيڪل خاصيتون رکي ٿو. The Parallel Blue Aquarium ڊائننگ جي سنجيدگيءَ ڪري عزت ڪئي وڃي ٿي ۽ اهو زندگيءَ جي معيار ۾ بهتري آڻڻ لاءِ ٺاهيل آهي جيڪا دنيا کي بهتر جڳهه بڻائڻ ۾ مدد ڪري ٿي.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Located in one of the most bustling night life spots in Japan, The Parallel Blue offers a new aquarium dining experience in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Challenging the ocean themed possibilities in the heart of the concrete jungle, the new restaurant turns the simple hospitality environment into an immersive space where dinners are submerged in an aquarium universe. The roles are inversed, the dining room is now surrounded by oceanic sceneries, instead of the classical decorative use of aquariums.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Gross Built Area: 94sqm
W12350mm x D8850mm x H2200mm - Tags
- Japan, restaurant, aquarium, Tokyo, immersive, narrow, reflection, blue
- Production Technology
- The restaurant occupies the fourth floor of a mixed-use building. Considering the water tanks heavy weight to be introduced in a relatively old building, the aquariums were positioned exclusively on the top of load bearing beams. Moreover, the aquariums require a maintaining space on the top restricting them from reaching the ceiling. To create the immersive experience, walls were finished in mirrors and the ceiling in reflective aluminum panels expending the space in all directions.
- Design Challenge
- The biggest challenge was to create an immersive experience in a limited area not exceeding the 100sqm and a ceiling height limited to a crushing 2.2m. the other challenge was to insert heavy water tanks inside a relatively old building not designed to bare heavy loads. The solution was to position the water tanks directly over the beams, and extend the space using reflections on the walls and ceiling.
- Research
- The hospitality design and the immersive experience design are stepping each one step closer to each other. While this is true and being tested in several digital immersive art forms, it is less common when it comes to non-digital experiences. The creative research that this project was based on was to find out a way to use the smaller aquariums to create immersive environment.
- Inspiration
- The design for The Parallel Blue is inspired by both the immersive art experiences and the much larger oceanic aquariums attractions. The location of the restaurant in one of the most vibrant nightlife spots in Tokyo, has also had its influence on the space design.
- Project Duration
- Project start: December 2019.
Construction start: March 2020.
Project/Construction End: June 2020.
Location: Tokyo, Japan. - Operation Flow
- The elevator hall on the 4th floor gives on the entrance door, the entrance is made through a small to create more privacy, the first space encountered after are four quarter of circles creating intimate spaces for couple seats. Two other subdivisions of the space are reserved to box sofa seating each with four tables. The smaller space has two tables for two, and two tables for four people. The larger space has two tables for four and two tables for 6 people.
- Team Members
- Tetsuya Matsumoto
Motoaki Takeuchi
Farid Ziani
Risa Iriyama
Mari Sugiyama - Image Credits
- Image #1: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.
Image #2: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.
Image #3: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.
Image #4: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.
Image #5: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.
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