Dabpa-Shatin Muundo wa Ndani wa Mkahawa by Minus Workshop

Dabpa-Shatin Muundo wa Ndani wa Mkahawa by Minus Workshop is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Nafasi za Ndani na Maonyesho Competition Category.

ShabaMambo ya Ndani· 2021

Dabpa-Shatin Muundo wa Ndani wa Mkahawa

by Minus Workshop

Client: Taste • Gourmet Group Limited

Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award Winner in Mambo ya Ndani Category

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The Design

About Dabpa-Shatin Muundo wa Ndani wa Mkahawa

Dabpa-Shatin ni muundo wa ndani wa mkahawa ulioko ghorofa ya chini ya jengo la maduka huko Hong Kong. Mpango huo unafuata umbo linalofanana na seli lenye mzunguko wa digrii 360, hivyo wafanyakazi wanaweza kufika kwenye kila meza kutoka jikoni kwa urahisi. Eneo la kulia chakula lina ukubwa wa futi za mraba 2233. Kila kiti cha benchi kimewekwa kando ya dirisha kubwa lenye mandhari ya mmea uliopandwa kwenye chungu, jambo linalowapa wageni faragha na mtazamo wao binafsi. Sahani za moss zimewekwa kwenye nyuso mbalimbali. Muundo huu unaunganisha nafasi za ndani na nje na unaonekana kama bustani badala ya duka.

The Recognition

About the Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award

Dabpa-Shatin Muundo wa Ndani wa Mkahawa ni mshindi wa Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award, utambuzi wenye heshima kubwa unaotolewa kwa miundo bora inayotofautishwa kwa ubunifu, ustadi na busara. Washindi wa Shaba ni kazi za ufundi mwingi na bunifu ya kushangaza zinazothibitisha uzoefu mpana, mawazo na ustadi wa wabunifu wao. Dabpa-Shatin Muundo wa Ndani wa Mkahawa inatarajiwa kuwa kitu kinachothaminiwa sana, kupendwa na kuenziwa, ambacho ni cha kitaalamu na bunifu kwa kiasi kikubwa. Muundo huu ulioshinda Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award unajumuisha mbinu bora katika sanaa, sayansi, usanifu na teknolojia, na ni bora kwa umakini wake kwa undani. Dabpa-Shatin Muundo wa Ndani wa Mkahawa hutosheleza mahitaji kwa uzuri, hugusa hamu, huvutia hisia na kuvutia udadisi.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The shop is shaped like a cell form and it’s located at the ground floor, an unbright corner of the mall. However, owning the special characteristic that sited near the communal passage with a blast of daylight and garden decor. This makes Kevin Yiu – founder of Minus Workshop to brought up the concept story of “a surprise journey to the oriental garden”, targeted to create interconnectivity between the outdoor and indoor, style it to look like a garden from the outside rather than a shop from the inside. Approached to let the passersby to discover surprises under a sense of understated timelessness.
Dimensions & Packaging: The shop area is shaped like a cell form with a 360 traffic circulation and the area size is 2233sq.ft.
Tags: minusworkshop, hkinteriordesigner, restaurantinterior, interiordesign, greenery, moss, botanicunion
Production Technology: each set of the banquette seater is designed next to a large window scene with a unique piece of potted landscape to provide extra privacy to customers. So people are able to enjoy their own piece of landscape while enjoying their dining. Additionally, each piece of the moss plate you found in the design were inlays and they were installed base on our design intuition, we first worked out certain modules of the mosses to create more than 100 foam plates and test fitted each of them on site for best visuality combination.
Design Challenge: The project required to provide a welcoming restaurant design that is attractive to the passersby inside this busy mall. Client wanted it all age orientated to make the stereotyped Sichuan cuisine more hospitable. Privacy was one great concern too, client wanted an unconventional space that able to encourage private conversation, so small groups of customers from the hustle city can liberate there longer. Occasional private event was also another guideline.
Research: The shop name "Dapab" is named after a beautiful scenic area in Chengdu, China. We studied the geographical character of the location first and begin to draw conceptual story out of it.
Inspiration: Dab-pa is named after a beautiful scenic area in Chengdu. this restaurant is missioned to land on the busiest (statistic-wise) shopping arcade in Hong Kong- New Town Plaza, intended to provide their unique recipe of Sichuan cuisine to its customer. Designed by Minus Workshop, their concept story leads this quiet corner of the mall to become a popular topic of the town.
Project Duration: The shop is located in the busiest (statistic-wise) shopping arcade in Hong Kong- New Town Plaza. The project started on June 2020 and ended on December, 2020
Operation Flow: Their signature hot dish serves in a large pot for this shop, that’s why the space is planned in a 360 circulation, staffs can access the traffic from the kitchen to all tables effortlessly. Each set of the banquette seater is designed next to a large window scene with a unique piece of potted landscape to provide unique dining experience to customers.
Team Members: Dan Wong
Image Credits: #1-5: Photographer Edmon Leong Photography, Variations, 2021