Aranya Cafeteria 6 Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wokwakhiwa Ngaphakathi Kwendawo Yokudlela by Yiming Zhu

Aranya Cafeteria 6 Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wokwakhiwa Ngaphakathi Kwendawo Yokudlela by Yiming Zhu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Umklomelo Webhulonzi we-A' Design Award in Ukudizayina Ingaphakathi Competition Category.

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Aranya Cafeteria 6 Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wokwakhiwa Ngaphakathi Kwendawo Yokudlela

by Yiming Zhu

Client: Y Space Design Consulting Firm

Umklomelo Webhulonzi we-A' Design Award Winner in Ingaphakathi Category

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The Design

About Aranya Cafeteria 6 Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wokwakhiwa Ngaphakathi Kwendawo Yokudlela

I-Aranya Cafeteria 6 yindawo yokudlela etholakala ngaphansi komhlaba endaweni yehhotela lezilwane zasekhaya. Amapatiyo ayisikhombisa akhiqiza ukukhanya kwemvelo angena ngaphakathi futhi abambe izitshalo eziluhlaza, adala isimo semvelo. Izindonga zikakhonkolo eziqavile, ifenisha yomuthi wamalahle nezitshalo kuchaza isici se-brutalist se-interior. Izibani eziphesheya ziphindaphinda amapayipi kensimbi namabhokisi omoya ophephayo esilingweni, kanti ukukhanya okufudumele kuveza amatafula okudlela. Indawo yokugcina izilwane zasekhaya, umshini wokuthengisa okunye kwezilwane zasekhaya nomshini wamanzi wezilwane zasekhaya kubekwe eduze nesango. Izindawo ezimbili zokugeza izandla zisebenzela amasango amabili.

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Webhulonzi we-A' Design Award

Aranya Cafeteria 6 Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wokwakhiwa Ngaphakathi Kwendawo Yokudlela iwinile uMklomelo Webhulonzi we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile kakhulu okunikezwa imiklamo ephawulekayo eyehlukaniswa ukudala, ubuhlakani nobukhali bengqondo. Abawinile beBhulonzi yimisebenzi enobuchule obukhulu nedala ngokumangalisayo eqinisekisa isipiliyoni esibanzi, umcabango nobuhlakani babaklami babo. Aranya Cafeteria 6 Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wokwakhiwa Ngaphakathi Kwendawo Yokudlela ilindeleke ukuba ibe yinto exatshwa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo, enobungcweti obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Webhulonzi we-A' Design Award uhlanganisa izindlela ezinhle kakhulu ebuciko, esayensi, ekuklameni nasebuchwepheshe futhi uhamba phambili ngenxa yokunaka kwawo imininingwane. Aranya Cafeteria 6 Umsebenzi Oyinhloko Wokwakhiwa Ngaphakathi Kwendawo Yokudlela iyanelisa izidingo ngokumangalisayo, ithinta izifiso, iheha imizwa futhi ikhanga ukufuna ukwazi.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Aranya Cafeteria 6 mainly responded to the special light conditions of an underground space and the existed concrete walls. Daylight can penetrate into the underground restaurant through 7 light patios with green landscape placed in, to create an ecological and natural atmosphere. Undressed concrete walls, log materials, along with green landscape, make the space in a natural and brutal way. To echo with the pet hotel upstairs, storage space has been specially marked off for pets keeping at the entrance, accompanied with humanized vending machine that sells pet snacks and pet-used water dispenser, to be easy to use for customers with pets.
Dimensions & Packaging: The interior area of Cafeteria 6 is 2833sqm, the kitchen area is 617sqm, the pick-up area is 150sqm, the service area is 210sqm, and others are dining area for customers. YSPACE utilized the area that has most columns and irregular corners as the kitchen, while the service area spreading to all direction around the whole space. Moreover, the wider space in the middle where lightwells located is designated as customers activity space.
Tags: Pet, Brutalism, Underground Restaurant, Concrete, Wood, Lightwell
Production Technology: The lighting of Cafeteria 6 combines warm and cool lighting source, as proper lighting not only helps shape the atmosphere, but also has positive impacts to people moods. Primary circulation lighting applied 4000k spotlight in cool tone on rail to echo with the steel pipes and exposed air-conditioner boxes on the ceiling, highlighting the cleanness and coolness of the concrete walls. While the decoration lighting and key lighting for the dinning tables utilized 3500k warm light to visually make people focus on objects in short distance, such as delicious food on the table and natural beauty of people sitting opposite.
Design Challenge: 1. Under the circumstance that natural daylighting is insufficient, how to realize the best lighting condition for dining incorporate artificial lighting with the limited natural daylight?
2. How to make the excessive inclined wall existed in the original underground space integrated into the restaurant?
3. In what way does the rough concrete of the building combine with the delicate spatial elements?
Research: In-depth research has been conducted on the texture of materials and the psychological effects caused by lighting on people. Great efforts has been put on matching the brutal concrete walls with other materials and elements to create a stronger contrast.The design team decided to use logged ash wood with comfortable tactility as the main material of furniture, to warm up the interior environment. Cafeteria 6 has been shaped to a creative dining space with cleanness and coziness, by showing people strong contrast between vision and tactility.
Inspiration: This project is located at the underground space of a pet hotel. Hence, a restaurant for customers with their beloved pets became the main inspiration. There are multiple concrete walls left in the original underground space, and electrical equipments from above pet hotel has completely covered the ceiling. These elements brought the space a harsh and rustic appearance, reminding people of the cold industrialization. YSPACE wishes to expose these original elements, and treat this sense of brutalism and industrialization as a main concept of the interior finishing.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2020 and finished in June 2021. Located in Aranya seaside resort community, Qinhuangdao, China.
Operation Flow: Influenced by COVID-19, we took more care of meal hygiene and food safety. Therefore, the design team set two hand-washing area at each entrance to Cafeteria 6. One of the hand-washing area connected to lifts of Quanshe hotel is closed to the toilet, which is distant to the one by the escalator. In this case, two hand-washing area can effectively avoid the chaos circulation during the rush hours.
Team Members: Yiming Zhu
Zhicheng Jiang
Yilun Yang
Image Credits: Photographer / Xuguo Tang