Excerpt: KINABURI ITAMAE Kerry Center Store by Tens Atelier is an interior design project that utilizes the ship’s hull concept to create a curved ceiling shape in the bar area, resulting in a simple yet unique space. The concave bar design increases seating capacity and breaks the monotony of straight-line bar forms, making the space less narrow. The aim is to create a serene dining experience, akin to floating on a boat after a storm.
Project Description
[Text as submitted by architect] The project is located in the underground park on the second basement floor of Kerry Centre in Jing’an District, Shanghai, with a building area of about 80m². KINABURI ITAMAE has always been presented in a lively Japanese atmosphere, this time the brand as a whole has been upgraded in all aspects, and the designers have broken the previous complex and bustling form and combined it with the special spatial conditions to create a brand new form.
Underground Park, a multi-functional dining and social space launched by Kerry Group, has attracted many brands. This time, the shop is located in a relatively quiet location, surrounded by a number of popular shops, and the floor height of the site is only 2,300mm, so the designer hopes to be able to use a calm form of expression independent of the complex environment of the shopping mall.
The designers used the concept of a ship’s hull to make a curved ceiling shape. Although the shape of the whole bar area depresses the height of the space, the large curved lines instead make the whole space more simple and atmospheric, which can be seen at a glance from a distance and has become a unique sign of the shop.
The concave shape of the bar not only increases the number of seats, but also breaks the monotony of a straight line bar form, making the space less narrow. In order not to let the concave area of the ceiling look too oppressive, it will be installed in the concave area of the soft foil, but also a kind of underwater boat bottom to see the water mood.
The designers used black titanium mirror stainless steel in the hallway area, visually stretching the height of the space. The whole space uses cedar wood colour and warm lighting to echo, using the light strip to bring a sense of haze to the space. Both the ceiling light strips that reflect the “hull” of the ship and the subtle floor light strips create the ambience of the whole space and make people more willing to focus on the food in front of them.
Like floating on a boat on the ocean, the deep peace after the shocking waves, the designer hopes that people who come here to dine can also leave the chaos behind for a while and enjoy this moment of peace and freedom.
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