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Xin Ming Yuen Ile Ounjẹ by Monique Lee

Xin Ming Yuen Ile Ounjẹ by Monique Lee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Àyà Inú Ilé àti Ibi Àfihàn Competition Category.


FàdákàInú Ilé· 2020

Xin Ming Yuen Ile Ounjẹ

by Monique Lee

Client: Xin Ming Yuen

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award Winner in Inú Ilé Category

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The Design

About Xin Ming Yuen Ile Ounjẹ

Ẹnu-ọna jẹ parade ti awọn ohun elo ifigagbaga, awọn ẹya, ati awọn awọ. Agbegbe gbigba jẹ aaye itunu itunu. Awọn awoṣe igbẹkẹle pade awọn ọṣọ ọṣọ. Sẹhin jẹ agbegbe agbegbe onigbọwọ laarin ọrọ isinmi. Aṣa ti aṣa Kannada ti aṣa Hui awoṣe mu awọn imọlẹ ṣafikun oye ti ọjọ-iwaju. Lilọ nipasẹ aṣọ pẹlẹbẹ ti o ni ọṣọ ti o ni ọṣọ daradara ni agbegbe ile ijeun. Ti ṣe ọṣọ pẹlu ododo ododo, awọn aworan ẹja kabu, awọn iboju gilasi ti o ni abuku ati awọn apoti ohun ọṣọ atijọ ti Zi Zi, o jẹ irin-ajo wiwo nipasẹ akoko ati awọn aṣa aṣa ni njagun.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award

Xin Ming Yuen Ile Ounjẹ jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ onípọ̀nlé lọ́nà àrà ọ̀tọ̀ tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele gíga jùlọ tó dára tó sì ń kan ọkàn. Àwọn olùborí Fàdákà jẹ́ àwọn iṣẹ́ tó ń tàn yòò gidigidi tó sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá púpọ̀ tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ìmọ̀ ìjìnlẹ̀, ẹ̀bùn àti ìmọ̀ràn àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Xin Ming Yuen Ile Ounjẹ yóò jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àgbàyanu, àpẹẹrẹ rere, ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun jinlẹ̀. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tó hàn gbangba gidigidi tí a mọrírì tó ń ṣe anfàní tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. Xin Ming Yuen Ile Ounjẹ jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ń ṣe ìlara, tó ń jí ìfẹ́ inú, tó ń mú ìmọ̀lára rere wá tó sì ń jí ìyàlẹ́nu àti ìyanu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Essence of traditions are reinterpreted in a contemporary manner. It defines generation from different aspects and connects diversities in harmony. Antique connects with modernity, liveliness with peace, east with west, domestic with exotic. Contrasting properties of matt and shiny finish, elevation and indention, relaxation and invigoration provide new visual experience. Together with ancient symbols, patterns, materials and details, each corner is a unique complex of art, culture and fashion.
Dimensions & Packaging
The site area is 489 sq.m.
Tags
Shanghai, China in the 50’s and 60’s, Friends, Lunch & Dinner, Restaurant, Time travel, Multiculturalism.
Production Technology
Modern techniques revive ancient design concepts in new materials for a novel visual experience. Traditional Chinese brick walls are changed to wood materials with a brick texture coating. The water jet cutting technology executes mosaic tile auspicious designs onto marble stones. Oxidized mirror effect for a nostalgic ceiling at reception is achieved by eroded steel plate. LED light tubes form a modernized Return pattern on ceiling for soft and even lighting over the bar area.
Design Challenge
Since the use of glass ceiling is against the China's law, oxidized mirror ceiling above the reception is replaced by treated steel plate. To achieve the desired effect, much effort and time have been put on applying erosive solutions to get close to the original design. Track lights are added over the bar counter for a stronger lighting effect. We have difficulties in getting exceptional slim and long light poles to go through the gaps among the grid frames of Chinese character Hui pattern.
Research
Information regarding eastern and western art, architecture is mainly collected on the internet and from designer's personal collection of books about interior designs and architectural history.
Inspiration
Concept is inspired by Hong Kong's East meets West culture. It embraces the finest qualities of a traditional culture passed down in a modern context. It's great attention to fine details is an echo to the restaurant's perfect presentation of food colours, aroma, taste and appearance. Design is a travel through time concept and infused with a nostalgic mood of the old Shanghai Paris in the Orient where Chinese traditions were strongly influenced by modernity. It has lived and evoluted to the present.
Project Duration
The project started in November 2018 in Beijing, China and finished in June 2019. The restaurant formally started business in July 2019.
It is located at L1-12, Parkview Green FangCapDi, No. 9 Donadagiao Road, Chaoyang Dist., Beijing, China
Operation Flow
Memories touch our souls. The design has flashbacks of Shanghai in the 50's and 60's which marks the golden decades of modern China. Traditions passed down through centuries are strongly impacted by Western culture and modernity. Every corner shows traces of history at, before and beyond the period. Customers travel and explore history through different time spaces, feel and interpret their own feelings.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Monique Lee, 2018.
Team Members
Design Director: Monique Lee
Image Credits
Copyright of photos belongs to Xin Ming Yuen.

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