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The plan is to convert the banquet hall of a ryokan into guest rooms. The guest rooms have high ceilings and varying floor heights. The small tatami area and sofas were connected to create an unprecedented Japanese modern style. The design theme of the restaurant Oriori was based on the hotel's name, weaving and folding. The transparency of the folds was changed according to function to achieve a comfortable feel. It features a corridor and dining space designed to look like the outside.
Wanwea Yun is a restaurant interior in Chengdu, China, covering 1800 square meters. The design combines Peking duck cuisine with traditional Sichuan food. Each private room has a sofa lounge, a tea tasting area and a dining area, so guests can sit, drink tea and eat in turn. Translucent fish-shaped decorations are grouped across the high ceiling to suggest a flow into the sea. At the entrance, more than 100 types of food seeds are set in resin squares and arranged on the wall by region. Wood, baking paint, electroplated metal and Suriname black marble are the main materials.
Soco Work is a new type of coworking space which designed to accommodate users changing lifestyles, proposing new definitions of what a coworking space can be. Soco Work takes inspiration from how Thai people like to season their food to have the taste closest to their personal preferences. The design concept, therefore, picks up on the approach that eventually creates different styles of workspace to comprehensively cater to prospective tenant images and lifestyle. The design also enables the spaces to be managed with the greatest efficiency, and strengthening the project strong points.
Longyin Shanfang is a Chinese restaurant interior located in Nanjing, China. The space covers 800 square meters and is themed on mountain forests within the city. Natural materials such as water, stone, soil and bamboo are used with contemporary processing methods. The layout follows the three distances of Chinese landscape culture, with trees, stones, springs and pavilions forming a layered scene. Holographic laser projection and video create changing landscape images. The design aims to restore an elegant and quiet dining atmosphere based on Oriental aesthetics.
Jiupai Huafu is a sales office in the center of Jiujiang, China, covering 650 square meters. The design draws on traditional Chinese culture, including courtyards, landscape, pine and cypress, poetry and tea, reinterpreted for a contemporary space. The order and symmetry of traditional buildings are applied to a simple modern interior. The plan is divided into a landscape exhibition area, a negotiation area, a tea tasting area, a children's area, a VIP room and a model room. Emulsion paint, stone, metal, acrylic and lacquer painting are used.
Guiyang is a private residence set in a lakeside villa in Guiyang, China. The four-floor home has 800 square meters of interior space and a 500-square-meter outdoor garden. The Chinese kitchen and the dining room are placed in the underground level. Two separate circulation routes are provided, one for housework and one for living and reception. A staircase with a brass grille links the underground level to the upper floors. The double-height living room uses carved lines and soft tones. The suspended television wall and the fireplace form one unit that also acts as a partition.