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The Parallel Blue ایکویریم ڈائننگ by Tetsuya Matsumoto

The Parallel Blue ایکویریم ڈائننگ by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام in اندرلی جگہ تے نمائش ڈیزائن Competition Category.


لوہااندرلا· 2021

The Parallel Blue ایکویریم ڈائننگ

by Tetsuya Matsumoto

Client: Starlinks.Co.Ltd

A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام Winner in اندرلا Category

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The Design

About The Parallel Blue ایکویریم ڈائننگ

جاپان دیاں سب توں ودھ چہل پہل والی رات دی زندگی دیاں جگہاں وچوں اک وچ واقع، The Parallel Blue شنجوکو، ٹوکیو وچ اک نویں ایکویریم ڈائننگ دا تجربہ پیش کردا اے۔ کنکریٹ دے جنگل دے دل وچ سمندری تھیم دیاں ممکناں کوں چیلنج کردے ہوئے، نواں ریستوراں سادے مہمان نوازی دے ماحول کوں اک ڈُب جان والی جگہ وچ تبدیل کر دیندا اے جتھے کھان والے ایکویریم دی دنیا وچ ڈُبے ہوندے نیں۔ ایہہ ڈُب جان والا تجربہ تخلیق کرن لئی، دیواراں کوں آئینیاں نال مکمل کیتا گیا تے چھت کوں اوہی جہے چمکدار ایلومینیم پینلاں نال، جیہڑے جگہ کوں سارے پاسیاں ول ودھاندے نیں تے آس پاس دے ماحول وچ سمندری زندگی کوں دوبارہ تخلیق کردے نیں۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام

The Parallel Blue ایکویریم ڈائننگ A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام دا جتݨ والا ہے، معزز پچھاݨ جیڑھی انہاں چنگے ڈیزائناں کوں ݙتی ویندی ہے جیڑھے چنگی طرح ڈیزائن کیتیاں ہوئیاں تخلیقاں کنوں متوقع پیشہ ورانہ تے صنعتی ضرورتاں پوریاں کریندے ہن۔ لوہے دے جتݨ والے اپݨے خالقاں دی وݙی مہارت، اعلیٰ ماہری، ماہرانہ سمجھ تے تخلیقی صلاحیت ݙکھیندے ہن۔ The Parallel Blue ایکویریم ڈائننگ کنوں امید کیتی ویندی ہے جو او ہک بہوں قدر کیتی ہوئی، سراہی ہوئی تے پیاری تخلیق ہوسی جیڑھی عملی تے جدت والی ہے۔ ایہ ڈیزائن جنہاں A' Design Award لوہے دا انعام جتیا ہے، صنعت دے بہترین طریقے جمع کریندا ہے تے علم تے صلاحیت نال جڑیاں ہوئیاں قابل تکنیکی خصوصیتاں رکھیندا ہے۔ The Parallel Blue ایکویریم ڈائننگ دی سنجیدگی کنوں عزت کیتی ویندی ہے تے او زندگی دے معیار وچ بہتری آݨݨ کیتے بݨایا گیا ہے جیڑھی دنیا کوں بہتر جاہ بݨاوݨ وچ مدد کریندی ہے۔

Behind the Design

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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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