Dabpa-Shatin
restaurant for Taste • Gourmet Group Limited
Minus Workshop brought out the concept story of a surprise journey to the oriental garden, which leads this quiet corner of the mall to become a popular topic of the town. Designed to create interconnectivity between the outdoor and indoor, style it to look like a garden from the outside rather than a shop from the inside and approached to let the passersby to discover surprises under a sense of understated oriental timelessness.
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Unique Properties
The shop is shaped like a cell form and it’s located at the ground floor, an unbright corner of the mall. However, owning the special characteristic that sited near the communal passage with a blast of daylight and garden decor. This makes Kevin Yiu – founder of Minus Workshop to brought up the concept story of “a surprise journey to the oriental garden”, targeted to create interconnectivity between the outdoor and indoor, style it to look like a garden from the outside rather than a shop from the inside. Approached to let the passersby to discover surprises under a sense of understated timelessness.
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minusworkshop, hkinteriordesigner, restaurantinterior, interiordesign, greenery, moss, botanicunion
Production Technology
each set of the banquette seater is designed next to a large window scene with a unique piece of potted landscape to provide extra privacy to customers. So people are able to enjoy their own piece of landscape while enjoying their dining. Additionally, each piece of the moss plate you found in the design were inlays and they were installed base on our design intuition, we first worked out certain modules of the mosses to create more than 100 foam plates and test fitted each of them on site for best visuality combination.
Design Challenge
The project required to provide a welcoming restaurant design that is attractive to the passersby inside this busy mall. Client wanted it all age orientated to make the stereotyped Sichuan cuisine more hospitable. Privacy was one great concern too, client wanted an unconventional space that able to encourage private conversation, so small groups of customers from the hustle city can liberate there longer. Occasional private event was also another guideline.
Project Duration
The shop is located in the busiest (statistic-wise) shopping arcade in Hong Kong- New Town Plaza. The project started on June 2020 and ended on December, 2020
Operation Flow
Their signature hot dish serves in a large pot for this shop, that’s why the space is planned in a 360 circulation, staffs can access the traffic from the kitchen to all tables effortlessly. Each set of the banquette seater is designed next to a large window scene with a unique piece of potted landscape to provide unique dining experience to customers.
Research
The shop name "Dapab" is named after a beautiful scenic area in Chengdu, China. We studied the geographical character of the location first and begin to draw conceptual story out of it.
Inspiration
Dab-pa is named after a beautiful scenic area in Chengdu. this restaurant is missioned to land on the busiest (statistic-wise) shopping arcade in Hong Kong- New Town Plaza, intended to provide their unique recipe of Sichuan cuisine to its customer. Designed by Minus Workshop, their concept story leads this quiet corner of the mall to become a popular topic of the town.
Image Credits
#1-5: Photographer Edmon Leong Photography, Variations, 2021
Project Overview
Dabpa-Shatin restaurant has been a Bronze winner in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design award category in the year 2020 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Bronze Recognition
Minus Workshop was recognized with the coveted Bronze A' Design Award in 2021, a testament to excellence of their work Dabpa-Shatin restaurant.
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Minus Workshop Unveils Dabpa-Shatin Restaurant Design in Hong Kong's New Town Plaza
Minus Workshop introduces Dabpa-Shatin, a unique Sichuan cuisine restaurant, located in Hong Kong's bustling New Town Plaza, inspired by the scenic area of Chengdu.
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