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YAO Concept Restaurant

AAN Architects

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Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
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JURY VOTES
Restaurant
7.29
6.21
7.21
5.21
6.48
Client
Yummy Restaurant Ltd.
Floor area
250 ㎡
Completion
2020
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YAO Concept Restaurant challenges the traditional restaurant space of distance between tables, creating a unity space of separation and continuity together. Within the high density of tables in the restaurant, the separation of the space comes down from the ceiling, just like a big fishing net covering the whole space, forming the landscape of people eating, drinking and laughing. In the era of rapid brand renewal in China, YAO Restaurant need to upgrade its branding and space image in the new generation series stores, strengthen its competitiveness and become a new iconic restaurant in the market. To achieve this, a space image for spreading and a story of the space that connects to t he brand are advocated. In recent years, the space character and experience is becoming more and more important in the Chinese consumer groups, making selfie in iconic space and uploaded is a popular way of spreading information and becoming a strategy. These new changes people experiencing space give a rchitects and designers chance to explore and break the boundaries of disciplines. Thus, in this design, we try to merge branding design, space design, service design into a unity. In the concept and space design phase, after at least 10 different space form and styles tested, we found this repetition of parabola curve surface both a strong form and creating spaces for different use. With simple cuttings in surface, the continuous surface creates space of outside and inside, which can make different atmosphere while walking and eating. This curve surface is both the separation of space and t he structure for the tables. In order to keep this strong concept in reality, we tested a fragment of the st eel structure hanging from the ceiling with a table connecting 1:1 to test the force delivery and the serving angle for the waiter. We also design the lighting system together with space materials to strengthen t he curving form and the under water light and shadows.