Wavy Stillness 運動酒吧 by Tetsuya Matsumoto is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.
銅室內· 2022
Wavy Stillness 運動酒吧
Client: C-UPS cafe and sports bar
A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 室內 Category
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The Design
About Wavy Stillness 運動酒吧
Wavy Stillness 是一家飯店飯店，必須結合兩種截然不同的氛圍：白天是咖啡館，晚上則是運動酒吧。這種組合，增添了酒店提供的奢華服務的暗示，產生了一種新型的混合空間。櫃檯後面的牆壁覆蓋著波浪形的三維不銹鋼板，創造出根據觀看者的角度而變化的動態反射。此外，為了舉辦體育公眾觀看活動，21 個螢幕被佈置成四種不同的組合。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銅獎
Wavy Stillness 運動酒吧是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Wavy Stillness 運動酒吧將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Wavy Stillness 運動酒吧出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The wavy stillness is a hospitality establishment that combines a luxury cafe and a sports bar in one single space. Located on the fourth floor of a commercial building, The two outer walls facing a movie theater are completely glazed, together with the third face open on a balcony facing the historical Himeji Castle. The counter wall and part of the ceiling are covered in a three dimensional wavy stainless plates that alters their reflection according to the viewers angle.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Gross Built Area: 285sqm
W20722mm x D9437mm x H3000mm - Tags
- Japan, sportsbar, bar, cafe, hospitality, counter, restaurant, sports, interior, architecture
- Production Technology
- The space follows an open plan so there is almost no wall. The pillar and the surrounding half wall are all covered in marble. All sofas are custom made, and the individual readymade chairs upholstery is matched to them. The counter back installed on the kitchen wall is made as a furniture and covered in a unique three dimensional stainless panels imitating water movement. The counter itself is made using artificial stone and the half wall is covered in glass mosaic tiles.
- Design Challenge
- Since the design takes place on the fourth floor of an already existing facility, it would have been expansive to remodel the layout of the previous tenant, especially concerning the fire sprinklers. Therefore, the design had to exploit the same space configuration to deliver an otherwise already complicated combination of a luxury cafe and a sports bar. Placing the monitors necessary to modern sports bar was also a difficult task as it had a heavy impact on the cafe image.
- Research
- The research in this project was conducted to find out a way to combine the two different types of hospitality spaces in just one without altering one another, and to anchor the space within its context and surrounding. How can we integrate a luxury cafe and a sports bar in a unique space that serves both purposes. The materiality was also big part of the project research as it had a consequent impact on the general atmosphere.
- Inspiration
- Since the space is aimed to combine several typologies of hospitality establishments, it combines design elements from each kind. The cafe part takes inspiration from luxury hotel lobbies with their colorful sofa and marble finishes. The sports bar aims to reproduce the cinematic effect of the neighboring movie theatre by combining 21 TV screens. And finally, the Bar auto referencing high end cocktail and wine bars.
- Project Duration
- Project start: October 2020.
Construction start: March 2021.
Project/Construction End: May 2021.
Location: Himeji, Japan. - Operation Flow
- The glass door entrance to the cafe bar is facing the movie theatre and gives straight to the counter on the right side. To the left, the open space dining room that is built in three different areas. The central Sofa with tables surrounding it, the U shaped red sofa on the movie theatre side and four couple sofa facing the balcony and enjoying a direct view to the historical Himeji Castle. Behind the counter wall the kitchen and the VIP room that has also a direct view to the castle.
- Team Members
- Tetsuya Matsumoto
Motoaki Takeuchi
Farid Ziani - Image Credits
- Image #1: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, WavyStillness, 2021.
Image #2: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, WavyStillness, 2021.
Image #3: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, WavyStillness, 2021.
Image #4: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, WavyStillness, 2021.
Image #5: photographer ©Stirling Elmendorf, WavyStillness, 2021.
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