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Gentle by Alan Yu

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Eco-Social Impact
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JURY VOTES
Restaurant
6.09
5.82
6.27
5.00
5.8
Jason Traves
Jason Traves Chief Creative Officer at Lucky Fox
4
5
4
5
4.5
Anastasia Karandinou
Anastasia Karandinou Architect, Senior Lecturer at University of East London
Strong design concept running throu...
7
8
7
5
6.75
William Barrington-Binns
William Barrington-Binns Director of Photography at WBB & Co.
6
7
7
6
6.5
Jasper Blüm
Jasper Blüm Senior Designer at Colliers
6
7
7
6
6.5
Corien Pompe
Corien Pompe Chairman and Founder at Donna e Mobile
5
7
6
5
5.75
Johnny Chiu
Johnny Chiu Founder at J.C. Architecture
this project uses the material and...
6
8
8
6
7
Chen Xiaohu
Chen Xiaohu Cofounder and Brand Director at BloomDesign
6
7
6
6
6.25
Bret Recor
Bret Recor Founder & Creative Director at Box Clever
6
8
7
7
7
Richard Parr
Richard Parr Founder at Richard Parr Associates
4
7
5
2
4.5
Li Baolong
Li Baolong Cofounder and Creative Director at BloomDesign
6
8
8
5
6.75
Stefano Giussani
Stefano Giussani CEO at Lissoni New York
6
7
7
7
6.75
Joanna van der Linden
Joanna van der Linden Global Retail Identity & Design Manager at Nestlé Nespresso
dramatic look & feel!...
7
8
7
1
5.75
Client
Meishizhiyue Western Food Management
Floor area
800 ㎡
Completion
2020
Chief designer

GENTLE L is located in Shenzhen, China. Most French restaurants usually have a traditional spatial pattern. As approaching the project, the design team, however, made an innovative attempt, which broke with the conventional layout while also bringing in French-style elegance and romance. When people enter the restaurant, a large red logo backdrop wall firstly comes into view, the coarse texture of which symbolizes nature and health. Decorated with the delicate metal logo, the red wall brings surprises and stimulates imagination. Slanted curved structures are freely combined in the space. The fluent planes and broken curved shapes form fluid spatial scenes. The overall space is semi-enclosed, which not only ensures privacy but also enables people to enjoy varying scenes and have different feelings when walking in it. The dim light environment emphasizes that people is the protagonist in the space. At the center of the space erects a huge steel column made of hand-made stainless steel featuring wrinkles, which soften the column visually and make it appear more flexible and elegant, hence becoming a visual highlight in the space. Curved stainless steel screens are used to separate private rooms effectively. Meanwhile, such arrangement ensures the timeliness of services since it provides better field of vision, without interrupting diners. The design realizes an exquisite service system.