"Grandma's Home" is a highly reputable restaurant chain that offers affordable cuisines in China. Originated in Hangzhou, the restaurant's slogan reads "Grandma's from Westlake". This new branch restaurant is located on the 8th floor of the shopping mall in GDA Plaza.The Chinese restaurant has always adopted dark color tones for its interior space design with a variety of traditional Chinese design symbols.
How to break through the stereotype impression of Chinese restaurants and bring it closer to the taste of the emerging young consumer groups? We look at the complex words, images and purposes behind "Grandma's Home" restaurant and explore to sort out and express a line of clues, e.g. the emotions implied by the symbol "grandmother's home", impression of Chinese restaurants, and its slogan which indicates unique landscape features of Jiangnan, the region south of the Yangtze River.
The large kitchen occupies a unique spot in the restaurant, dividing the space into two dining areas that are connected by a narrow and long corridor. The whole space is shaped like a dragon. What we wanted to achieve is a continuation of the dining atmosphere into the corridor and spatial experience, while shading the area from the setting sun.