My Home Steak Primary Function: Mkahawa wa Buffet by Hui Hsin Cheng is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award in Usanifu wa Nafasi za Ndani na Maonyesho Competition Category.
ShabaMambo ya Ndani· 2026
My Home Steak Primary Function: Mkahawa wa Buffet
Client: Homeyoung interior decorating and design Ltd.
Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award Winner in Mambo ya Ndani Category
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About My Home Steak Primary Function: Mkahawa wa Buffet
Book Text: My Home Steak Far Eastern Store inaingiza uhai wa ujana katika muundo wa kuvutia, ikibadilisha mkahawa wa jadi wa nyama choma kuwa kitovu chenye msisimko cha kijamii. Uzoefu unaanzia kwenye lango la kuingilia, ambapo herufi "O" katika alama hubadilika kwa uchezaji kuwa mpira wa kikapu wenye umbo la yai la kukaanga. Kisiwa cha buffet kinatumika pia kama njia ya maonyesho kwa vijana, kikisisitizwa na dari ya rangi ya machungwa inayoendelea kupungua na vigae vya mosaiki vya "GO" vinavyonasa msisimko wa uwanja wa mbio. Ikikamilishwa na paneli nyekundu za mawimbi na taa zenye umbo la mipira ya michezo, nafasi hii inatumia mistari yenye mwanga wa nguvu kuakisi nishati ya uwanja wa michezo, ikileta uhai falsafa ya "Move to Eat".
The Recognition
About the Tuzo ya Shaba ya A' Design Award
My Home Steak Primary Function: Mkahawa wa Buffet 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. My Home Steak Primary Function: Mkahawa wa Buffet 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. My Home Steak Primary Function: Mkahawa wa Buffet hutosheleza mahitaji kwa uzuri, hugusa hamu, huvutia hisia na kuvutia udadisi.
Behind the Design
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- Unique Properties
- "My Home Steak" is a social arena where taste and connection converge. Guided by "sports and togetherness," it redefines dining as a cultural ritual. Here, food is an emotional medium for identity and joy. Breaking from traditional buffets, the design features a track-shaped island and stadium ceiling that turn sports energy into interaction. This elevates dining from simple consumption into a collective celebration of belonging and shared dialogue.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Project area is 450 square meter.
- Tags
- Interior Design, buffet, MyHomeSteak, Taiwan, Restaurant, Steak House
- Production Technology
- My Home Steak Far Eastern Store blends youthful energy with thematic design. The space features a lit "MY HOME STEAK" sign, where the "O" creatively transforms into a fried-egg basketball, sparking appetite and vitality. The buffet island adopts a "youth runway" concept, highlighted by an orange gradient ceiling and mosaic "GO" tiles. Suspended sports-ball lamps and red wave-shaped panels further define the area while maintaining an open flow. Finally, dynamic light strips capture the rhythmic energy of a stadium, perfectly enhancing the "Move to Eat" spirit through visual motion.
- Design Challenge
- Our ethnographic research reimagined budget dining as a social hub. By observing and interviewing Gen Z diners, we explored how nostalgia triggers connection. A key challenge was balancing high-energy "sports" themes with a comfortable dining vibe. We overcame this by using rhythmic lighting and warm palettes to soften industrial elements. Results show that weaving campus memories into space turns meals into shared rituals, shifting business focus from cost to social value and brand loyalty.
- Research
- This project asks if a restaurant can be more than a place to eat and become a vessel for connection and memory. In a digital era of fragmented interaction, our goal is to use spatial design to revive the culture of gathering around a meal. The concept has three layers where sports energy turns the space into a stage for shared passion, youth nostalgia makes dining a reflection of personal stories, and social media immediacy brings digital behavior into physical space. My Home Steak becomes a social platform where people share emotions, express identity, and create lasting experiences.
- Inspiration
- This project explores if a restaurant can transcend dining to become a vessel for memory. Inspired by the need to revive the culture of gathering, the design integrates three layers: sports energy as a stage for passion, youth nostalgia for personal storytelling, and social media immediacy to bridge digital and physical worlds. "My Home Steak" thus evolves into a social platform where spatial design fosters identity, emotion, and shared experiences beyond the meal.
- Project Duration
- The project started in October 2021 and finished in April 2025 in Taiwan, Taipei City.
- Operation Flow
- In this project, function extends beyond circulation and efficiency to explore human behavior and interaction. The focus is not just on how people eat, but how space brings them closer. A racetrack buffet layout ensures smooth flow and visual connection, while social, individual, and shared seating zones address different needs. Lighting and music guide behavior where soft light encourages conversation and rhythmic sound energizes the mood. From ergonomics to layout, every detail aims to make interaction natural, turning dining into a social experience shaped by space.
- Patents
- All images: Chien Hsiang,Tai / Cheng Hui Hsin(Design director)/ My Home Steak attached to BENFENG Catering Group, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
- Team Members
- Design Director ：Cheng Hui Hsin
Designer ： Lin Wan Ju
Designer ：Liu Yi Tseng - Image Credits
- All images: Chien Hsiang,Tai / Cheng Hui Hsin(Design director)/ My Home Steak attached to BENFENG Catering Group, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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