The Parallel Blue 水族館餐廳 by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.
鐵室內· 2021
The Parallel Blue 水族館餐廳
Client: Starlinks.Co.Ltd
A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 室內 Category
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About The Parallel Blue 水族館餐廳
The Parallel Blue 位於日本最繁華的夜生活場所之一，在東京新宿提供全新的水族館用餐體驗。新餐廳挑戰了混凝土叢林中心以海洋為主題的可能性，將簡單的接待環境轉變為沉浸式空間，晚餐沉浸在水族館宇宙中。為了創造身臨其境的體驗，牆壁採用鏡子，天花板採用類似的反光鋁板，將空間向各個方向擴展，並在周圍環境中重現海洋生物。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 鐵獎
The Parallel Blue 水族館餐廳是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計The Parallel Blue 水族館餐廳將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。The Parallel Blue 水族館餐廳因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Located in one of the most bustling night life spots in Japan, The Parallel Blue offers a new aquarium dining experience in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Challenging the ocean themed possibilities in the heart of the concrete jungle, the new restaurant turns the simple hospitality environment into an immersive space where dinners are submerged in an aquarium universe. The roles are inversed, the dining room is now surrounded by oceanic sceneries, instead of the classical decorative use of aquariums.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Gross Built Area: 94sqm
W12350mm x D8850mm x H2200mm - Tags
- Japan, restaurant, aquarium, Tokyo, immersive, narrow, reflection, blue
- Production Technology
- The restaurant occupies the fourth floor of a mixed-use building. Considering the water tanks heavy weight to be introduced in a relatively old building, the aquariums were positioned exclusively on the top of load bearing beams. Moreover, the aquariums require a maintaining space on the top restricting them from reaching the ceiling. To create the immersive experience, walls were finished in mirrors and the ceiling in reflective aluminum panels expending the space in all directions.
- Design Challenge
- The biggest challenge was to create an immersive experience in a limited area not exceeding the 100sqm and a ceiling height limited to a crushing 2.2m. the other challenge was to insert heavy water tanks inside a relatively old building not designed to bare heavy loads. The solution was to position the water tanks directly over the beams, and extend the space using reflections on the walls and ceiling.
- Research
- The hospitality design and the immersive experience design are stepping each one step closer to each other. While this is true and being tested in several digital immersive art forms, it is less common when it comes to non-digital experiences. The creative research that this project was based on was to find out a way to use the smaller aquariums to create immersive environment.
- Inspiration
- The design for The Parallel Blue is inspired by both the immersive art experiences and the much larger oceanic aquariums attractions. The location of the restaurant in one of the most vibrant nightlife spots in Tokyo, has also had its influence on the space design.
- Project Duration
- Project start: December 2019.
Construction start: March 2020.
Project/Construction End: June 2020.
Location: Tokyo, Japan. - Operation Flow
- The elevator hall on the 4th floor gives on the entrance door, the entrance is made through a small to create more privacy, the first space encountered after are four quarter of circles creating intimate spaces for couple seats. Two other subdivisions of the space are reserved to box sofa seating each with four tables. The smaller space has two tables for two, and two tables for four people. The larger space has two tables for four and two tables for 6 people.
- Team Members
- Tetsuya Matsumoto
Motoaki Takeuchi
Farid Ziani
Risa Iriyama
Mari Sugiyama - Image Credits
- Image #1: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.
Image #2: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.
Image #3: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.
Image #4: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.
Image #5: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, The Parallel Blue, 2020.
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