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Pekin Kaku Chinese Restaurant by Tetsuya Matsumoto |
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FS: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
TM: Chinese restaurants, in most cases, are extremely charged with ornaments and decorations, this work was a trial to simplify the Chinese aesthetic unto colors and materials. we used typical Shanghai bricks for interior wall cladding and then created a red ceiling aurora by using another typical Chinese material which is the string curtain.
FS: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
TM: We wanted to keep a clear image about the function as Chinese restaurant, but making it in a non-conventional way, more simplistic and non-ornamental. Offer a new understanding and interpretation of what could be Chinese Aesthetic.
FS: What are your future plans for this award winning design?
TM: We want to promote our work and step forward with our design practice.
FS: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?
TM: It took 3 months for design, 6 week of construction.
FS: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?
TM: This design was commissioned by the restaurant owner.
FS: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?
TM: This interior design has been built and now in use.
FS: What made you design this particular type of work?
TM: We are specialized in commercial space design.
FS: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?
TM: I worked together with my team in my design practice: KTX archiLAB.
FS: Who is the target customer for his design?
TM: The clients of the restaurant.
FS: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?
TM: This restaurant interior design reinterprets the Chinese style design into a simplistic one with no ornament or decorative exaggerations. The play on the materials and colors differs it on the kitsch design usually associated with Chinese restaurants.
FS: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?
TM: It is the actual name of the restaurant.
FS: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?
TM: Of course hand sketching, followed by plan drawing and designing on Vectorworks balancing between 3D and 2D design and verification.
FS: What is the most unique aspect of your design?
TM: The red ceiling aurora made by red string curtain.
FS: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?
TM: Worked with my small team of architects and designers at KTX archiLAB.
FS: What is the role of technology in this particular design?
TM: We used ordinary construction techniques.
FS: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?
TM: This project didn’t use any special data analysis; the only research we conduct is thinking about how can we simplify Chinese aesthetics into simple materials and colors.
FS: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?
TM: How to keep the budget as low as possible.
FS: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?
TM: We have already won several international competitions including A’ Design. so it is in the spirit of continuity that we applied to this edition of A’ Design awards.
FS: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?
TM: We have gained many technical skills during the design of this work together with how to make a good looking project with a limited budget.
FS: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?
TM: Nothing
FS: Thank you for providing us with this opportunity to interview you.
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