Gentle L By Alan Yu Ètò Abẹnu Ile Ounjẹ by Peihe Xie is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Àyà Inú Ilé àti Ibi Àfihàn Competition Category.
IdẹInú Ilé· 2021
Gentle L By Alan Yu Ètò Abẹnu Ile Ounjẹ
by Peihe Xie
Client: AD ARCHITECTURE (Shenzhen)
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award Winner in Inú Ilé Category
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About Gentle L By Alan Yu Ètò Abẹnu Ile Ounjẹ
Gentle L láti ọwọ́ Alan Yu jẹ́ ilé ounjẹ ará Faranse tí ó wà ní Shenzhen, China. Apá inú rẹ̀ gba ìwọ̀n mítà onígun mẹ́rin 800, ó sì yàtọ̀ sí ìlànà ìṣètò ilé ounjẹ ìbílẹ̀. Ní àárín gbùngbùn ààyè náà ni òpó irin ńlá kan tí a fi aluminiomu tí a fọwọ́ ṣe pẹlu ìlà wíwọ́ bò dúró, àwọn ìlà wíwọ́ náà sì mú kí òpó náà rọ̀, wọ́n sì di àmì fífani-lọ́kàn-mọ́ra fún ojú. Àwọn ìdènà onírin aláìlábàwọ́n tí a tẹ̀ ya àwọn yàrá àdáni sọ́tọ̀, wọn a sì jẹ́ kí ojú-ìwòye wà kedere, kí iṣẹ́-ìsìn lè máa ń ṣe láìdí àwọn tí ń jẹun lẹ́rù. Ìlànà ìṣètò tí a kò dá lédè-àyíká pátápátá fún ààyè ìpamọ́ àti ojú-ìwòye tí ń yàtọ̀.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award
Gentle L By Alan Yu Ètò Abẹnu Ile Ounjẹ jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Gentle L By Alan Yu Ètò Abẹnu Ile Ounjẹ yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. Gentle L By Alan Yu Ètò Abẹnu Ile Ounjẹ ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Situated in Shenzhen, China, Gental L by Alan Yu is a French restaurant, co-founded by Leon LI and Alan YU. The letter "L" in the brand name represents the initials of Leon LI, while "GENTLE" indicates a sense of ritual and French elegance, besides, Alan YU was previously the Executive Chef of a three-Michelin-starred restaurant. The restaurant hopes to provide a private and cozy environment for people to enjoy fine French cuisine, regardless of the hustle and bustle of the outside world.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Area: 800 sqm
Materials: wrinkled aluminum, carpet, paint, stone slab, lamp (SIKI) - Tags
- French Restaurant, private space, AD Architecture, Light, spatial deconstruction, Xie Peihe
- Production Technology
- At the middle of the space erects a huge steel column made of hand-made wrinkled aluminum featuring wrinkles, which soften the column visually and make it appear more flexible, hence becoming a visual highlight in the space.
Curved stainless steel screens are used to effectively separate private rooms. Such arrangement ensures the timeliness of services since it provides better field of vision, without interrupting diners. The design enables the realization of an attentive service system. - Design Challenge
- As the project is a partial transformation of the original restaurant, the challenges are reducing negative effects on the original restaurant and adding more toilets.
- Research
- The project shows a novel artistic interpretation of aesthetics. In such a space, one table, two persons and delicious food can form a poetic, distinctive and storytelling scene. The project is an attempt to shape the future of the city, and to stimulate people to discover the inner mind and explore playful experiences.
- Inspiration
- Most French restaurants usually have a traditional spatial pattern. As approaching the project, the design team, however, made an innovative attempt, which broke with the conventional layout while also bringing in French-style elegance and romance. From geometric shapes to natural material textures, dim light and music, all elements are aimed at producing unique and emotion-evoking spatial experiences and allowing people to enjoy the space as if they are appreciating a piece of wonderful music.
- Project Duration
- Start time: January 2020
Completion time: July 2020
Shenzhen, China - Operation Flow
- It is a France restaurant. Slanting curved structures are freely combined in the space. The fluent planes and broken curved shapes create fluid spatial scenes. Floating structures and oblique forms generate a playful sense of lightness and instability. The space is semi-enclosed, which not only ensures privacy but also enables people to enjoy varying scenes and have different feelings when walking in it.
- Team Members
- Chief designer: Xie Peihe
Design team: AD ARCHITECTURE - Image Credits
- Ouyang Yun
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