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KiKi Noodle Bar

Golucci Interior Architects

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Julian Lwin
Julian Lwin Spatial Design Director at Lwindesign + StreetFarms USA
This is a wonderful space for child...
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Benjamin Kaplan
Benjamin Kaplan Design Director Global Brand Experience at Nike
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Karol Suguikawa
Karol Suguikawa Creative Director at Karol Suguikawa Design
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Yanfei Li
Yanfei Li Founder and Design Director at 8877 Interiors
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Alberto Martinez
Alberto Martinez Sales Manager of Central Europe at Andreu World
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Jayati Sinha
Jayati Sinha Physical and Digital Experience Designer at Fjord @ Accenture
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Ekaterina Elizarova
Ekaterina Elizarova Founder and Creative Director at Elizarova Design Studio
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Marjan van Aubel
Marjan van Aubel Solar Designer at Marjan van Aubel Studio
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Alexander Fehre
Alexander Fehre Founder at Studio Alexander Fehre
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6.5
Studio Lotus
Studio Lotus Architect and Interior Designer at Studio Lotus
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Julien Sebban
Julien Sebban Architect at Uchronia
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Olga Sundukova
Olga Sundukova Cofounder at Sundukovy Sisters
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Andrew Mcmullan
Andrew Mcmullan Director at Mcmullan Studio
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Client
Lai Sun Dining (Hong Kong)
Floor area
235 ㎡
Completion
2019
Designer
LEE Hsuheng
Designer
Xu Jiaojiao

Already established in mainland Taiwan, the KiKi Restaurant Group made its first foray onto mainland China this summer with the launch of Kiki Noodle House in Shanghai. This newest addition to the family might also be its most stylish outfit, with design by the Beijing-based Taiwanese Architects, who has led with the spatial logic of traditional Taiwanese architecture reinvented through a contemporary lens. 

The result sees a compelling juxtaposition of old and new concepts; a space where an old Taiwanese street cooking cart welcomes diners into a room characterised by a neutral palette of greys and beige, clean lines and an abundance of oak and concrete. The influence of Taiwanese residential design is also evident in the ceiling, which mirrors the eaves and patios of classic buildings, and the outdoor ‘courtyard’ layout of the restaurant itself. 

A curvilinear wall bearing a forest mural introduces serenity via nature matched by the rock-like formations and topiary that sit in the centre of tables, and interrupted only by the reassuringly loud slurps of patrons dining on traditional dan dan noodles.