Huixian Lou
Restaurant for Beijing Hantang Landscape Interior Design Co., Ltd.
"Small-time hermits hide in the mountains, but the real hermit lives downtown", the most prosperous place in a city, "leisure life in prosperous city". The atmosphere that designer wants to create is a kind of mistakenly entering the wilderness, the garden, the study room and the Southern Song Dynasty which bring the sense of time-travel, the sense of amazement. This kind of feeling has no violation and pressure, but surprises, happiness and nourishment...
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Unique Properties
Leisure life in prosperous city "Small-time hermits hide in the mountains, but the real hermit lives downtown", Huixianlou is located on Beijing Financial Street, the most prosperous place in a city, and the designer wanted to create a feeling of "leisure life in prosperous city". A leisure life does not have to be found in the mountains and forests. It is a higher level to find peace in a prosperous city, such as Beijing.
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Northern Song Dynasty , subtle oriental beauty , literati landscape paintings, gourmet food, amazing scenery, beautiful utensils
Production Technology
According to themodern expression of traditional culture, the entire exterior of the restaurant is covered by a pale gray hazy metal grid, presenting a restrained, subtle oriental beauty. It is these several layers of hazy metal grids that create the most important "space" the exterior and interior. When you step inside, it's as if you are filtered and the noise of the world is left behind. The whole person calms down.
Design Challenge
The atmosphere that designer wants to create is a kind of mistakenly entering the wilderness, the garden, the study room and the Southern Song Dynasty which bring the sense of time-travel, the sense of amazement. This kind of feeling has no violation and pressure, but surprises, happiness and nourishment...
Project Duration
The project started in Beijing on April 10, 2019 and completed in Beijing on December 20, 2019.
Operation Flow
Market survey, Site survey, Layout plan, Simulation renderings, Construction practices and details.
Research
The small hall on the right is six meters high, and the video playing on the wall is a piece of art taken by the designer from the Art Basel in Hong Kong. With the surging of the fog, the whole picture changes from hazy to gradually clear, to full bloom, and then to the haze, which is a metaphor for reincarnations in the world. There is a stage surrounded by semi-translucent gauze in the air, where harp players perform every night. Consumers can only hear the sound but not see the people.
Inspiration
"Huixianlou" wasthe largest restaurant in Kaifeng, Bianliang, Northern Song Dynasty, which a place for gathering place for literati. Therefore, designerjust wanted to create the sameelegance of Song style. The reason for choosing the most prosperous place in Beijing, the Financial Street, is to find an inner peace and the elegant state of the ancients. The hotter and irritable the outside is, the more peace of mind is needed inside.
Image Credits
Photographer Wu Bing, 2019
Project Overview
Huixian Lou 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
Ao Han was recognized with the coveted Bronze A' Design Award in 2021, a testament to excellence of their work Huixian Lou Restaurant.
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Huixian Lou: A Timeless Elegance of Song Style in Beijing's Financial Street
Ao Han's Huixian Lou brings the elegance of Song style to Beijing's Financial Street, offering a peaceful escape from the city's hustle and bustle, completed in December 2019.
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