If you look at architecture, you must feel the sense of enjoying the feeling of noise, feeling the beauty of the mess, and the materials used in architecture change over time, they become dirtier and older, and these changes are phenomena that I have found very interesting in recent years." 

People nowadays easily get tired of the rules and the system, it made them feel bored. Especially for young people, it is more likely to be chill and they will need more space for a little bit of” mess “in life, so they can let out of the original soul.

Japanese architect Kengo  Kuma

Kengo Kuma has his way of understanding architecture, he has never been limited to architecture itself, but Kengo Kuma understands it from the perspective of history to rebuild the relationship between architecture and humans as if all space is alive.

At the beginning of the design, we made a new spatial design positioning for the new store of Gui Kitchen with the owner, reconstructed the characteristics of Guang xi culture of Gui Kitchen After all. We agreed on the direction of the space design upgrade on the same page and brand new space.

"We believe that both food and architecture deliver a new sense of  beautiful lifestyle for  people through rational artistic creation."

Designer Vison Xu

This project is located inside of the IKEA mall in Nanning, which is the first IKEA store in Guangxi, We saw a whole new business opportunity which is the surrounding cities will drive residents and spend time in the IKEA on weekends. so we took the characteristics of Guangxi culture as the guiding concept of the project design.

We refer to the architecture of column with  Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, As we know The construction method of these architectural structures has existed for more than a hundred years, and it is the most representative of the Construction Method of Guangxi Zhuang architecture. So we decide to extract the shape of the roof structure of the building as the entrance.

For environmental reasons, we used the Shape of Guangxi Bamboo Raft instead of traditional ceramic tiles for the structure of the roof, and we also used the shape of sky pattern as a luminous lamp for the Ceiling, and simulated the natural light of Guangxi in the space,

For the interior decorations we also remixed some fabric in tapis with Zhuang characteristics, Zhuang brocade is the most characteristic folk element in the local traditional culture,  it will deliver the spirit emotional value of the customer throughout the entire space.

We separated The gap between the seating area with a wave stainless steel plate, we create an effect of the mirror surface make people feel as if they are on a bamboo raft on the lake with the picture of cormorant fishing imagine.

The material of the wall is covered with rustic and rough paint and creates a contemporary sense with a sleek and straight line.

The reason why we named it as [Guang Xi Culture modern museum] is also the core of the design, which to create a new eating experience with Guang xi zhuang culture so they can experience more while enjoying the meal, they can also see, feel, learn from this interesting Culture and it is the mission and responsibility of our Society and also the value of our design.