Camellia Primary Function: 餐廳 by Alvan Suen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.
銀室內· 2020
Camellia Primary Function: 餐廳
by Alvan Suen
Client: The Food Story HK Limited
A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 室內 Category
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About Camellia Primary Function: 餐廳
Book Text: Camellia係一間位於香港九龍某商場內嘅餐廳。室內設計融合咗loft、現代同法式風格，呼應品牌同商場嘅氛圍。粉紅色花牆配襯黑色調、金色鑲邊、鏡面同拱門，令人聯想起巴黎。粉紅色貫穿整個設計、家具、餐具同食物之中，包括大理石餐枱、椅子、長椅同餐巾。椅子同長椅嘅造型令人聯想起山茶花花瓣。部分牆身裝設嘅古董鏡面延伸咗空間感，並藉住反射重複呈現花牆嘅美態。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銀獎
Camellia Primary Function: 餐廳是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Camellia Primary Function: 餐廳將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Camellia Primary Function: 餐廳是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Camellia, representing elegant, pure love, sexy, cute, pretty and tough, is used to name such a romantic girly café.
The interior design is in loft, modern and French style, responding to the brand itself as well as the design of the mall. The restaurant is surrounded by pink flower walls, echoes with the black tone with gold trim, mirror, and Arc, like a flower festival in Paris, the Floral City. The color of pink is extensively used in pretty much everything as a theme for brand identification, such as flower wall, marble table, chair & bench, napkin, coffee, noodle soup, and even the toilet. Also, the shades of different pink and shape of chairs and benches actually render the petals of Camilla and some walls are finished by antique mirrors for extending space and spreading the flower walls of pink by reflection. Nowadays, Camellia has now become one of the famous spots for Instagram in Hong Kong already. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Area: 2498..9 sq. ft.
Capacity: 132 - Tags
- Flower Wall, Pink, Afternoon Tea, Paris, Instagram spot, Romance, Dating, girly
- Production Technology
- In terms of production, the pattern of the mirror and the wall are also custom-made. For materials, The color of the marble for making the tables is naturally pink and purposely sourced. The project was also built in two phases, an extension including the kitchen that was not originally planned is added after the restaurant had been operating for a month. In such a case, the license will need to be reapplied, the design needs to be adapted to the old and the layout will need to be resubmitted due to the law in Hong Kong.
- Design Challenge
- The biggest challenge in the project is to create a new landmark for Instagram, a practical and functional layout in terms of operation with beauty, and to be completed with valid license in a few months from scratch before the grand opening of the most luxurious mall.
Also, the project was built in two phases, an extension including the kitchen that was not originally planned is added after the restaurant had been operating for a month. In such a case, the license will need to be reapplied, the design needs to be adapted to the old and the layout will need to be resubmitted due to the law in Hong Kong. - Inspiration
- In terms of color, the use of different shades of pink is coming from the brand "Camellia".
Thinking of the nickname of Paris - Floral City, the restaurant is wrapped by Camellia flower in different forms with respect to the brand and cuisine. Inspiring by the Galerie des glaces in Château de Versailles, using lots of mirrors to spread the flower walls by reflection while extending space and the Roman arch is also widely used as an element to enhance the feeling of being in France. - Project Duration
- The project is located in K11 Musea, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The design was started in April 2019, the 1st phase of construction was finished in August 2019 and the extension was designed in September and completed in October, 2019.
- Operation Flow
- Many types of seat are created to cater different groups and guests with different personality and habit; Bench seat for 4 next to glass with Camellia pattern, the round bench in front of a flower wall for Instagramming, semi-private bench seat with arch cover, semi-open room for 8, movable tables by the feature wall, outdoor seats facing victoria harbor, a private room for 14 and party space of capacity of 32 with a TV screen for the events and press conference.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Alvan Suen, 2020
- Team Members
- Director: Alvan Suen
Designer: Jesie Chan
Designer: Hazel Ching
Designer: Alan Tang
Designer: Echo Chan - Image Credits
- Photographer: Yui Zhu, Kaman Tjang
Video Credits: Yui Zhu, Kaman Tjang
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