Beans 咖啡馆室内设计 by Vincent Chi-Wai Chiang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 银奖 in 室内空间与展览设计 Competition Category.

银室内· 2020

Beans 咖啡馆室内设计

by Vincent Chi-Wai Chiang

Client: In Cube Design Limited

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 室内 Category

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The Design

About Beans 咖啡馆室内设计

Beans 是位于香港马鞍山的一家咖啡馆兼餐厅，供应咖啡、甜点与轻食。室内面积约2263平方英尺，且没有窗户，因此设计以水晶洞穴的形态呈现。反光饰面与温暖的灯光照亮空间，减轻封闭感。入口天花附近以波浪状不锈钢面塑造出一片湖泊，纤细的岩石则以三维打印制作而成。一棵树伫立于空间中央，朝着光生长。甜点吧台设置在近入口处，方便顾客点单。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Beans 咖啡馆室内设计是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Beans 咖啡馆室内设计将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Beans 咖啡馆室内设计是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Beans Cafe serving coffee, dessert and light meal, providing a breathable place for people to escape from busy living. Cave also a protective shelter, customer feels safe and relax inside. Shining of crystal catches their eye and reminds them the good time in there.
Dimensions & Packaging: 2263 sq ft
Located at Ma On Shan, New Territories in Hong Kong
Tags: crystal, crystal cave , beans, be water, sky light
Production Technology: Designer creates a lake in front of the entrance ceiling with waving stainless steal surface, some narrow gull rocks are produced by 3D printing. The rocks are not identical to stimulate the power of nature. A tree is planted in the centre of the restaurant and grow toward the light in the middle, to make the light so real to be sun. Special lighting also allows brightness to be auto associated with outdoor true sunlight.
Design Challenge: Space without window is a challenge to create brand image of Beans which emphasis on nature. Designer applied several elements to brighten the space and reflections on the wall to reduce the pressure of a closed interior. He also reduced the amount of walls to make the area more spacious.
Research: To have a full picture and application on the idea of cave, designer went to different caves for details research so to realize the natural cave in the restaurant. The ceiling, all, and combination of colour and decoration are from inspired by the real caves. Moreover, lots of 3D printing models were produced before construction.
Inspiration: A store without window lets the designer associated with a cave. To make this cave comfortable and ensure some warm lighting in it, the design concept Crystal Cave applied. Reflection of crystal brightens the place; also the natural light could be reflected into the store.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2017 and finished in March 2018 in Hong Kong
Operation Flow: Beans is a popular cafe, to facilitate the operation of ordering, the dessert bar is placed near the entrance, the customer could make their choice while waiting to be seated. Zoning of corridor and the dining tables are well considered to allow effective business model.
Patents: Copyrights belong to In Cube Design Limited, 2020.
Team Members: Designer: Vincent Chi-Wai Chiang
Designer: Kevin Ho-Pun Lau
Image Credits: In Cube Design Limited