Lago Bistro
Restaurant for Kangwei Catering Consulting Co., Ltd. Lago Bistro
The 100-year-old house, previously a school history museum, is transformed into a place for dining, conference, cultural activities, and many other possibilities. With collaboration, the renovation led, conceptualized, integrated, and executed by Hung Nien Hsieh, Li Wen Hsieh, and Ming Ling Yang and supported by the youngsters from Chung Hua University was completed in 2020. While the long-abandoned century-old house breathed quietly by the lake, the team challenged themselves to breathe new life into the dying old house through interior design with functionality and aesthetics.
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Unique Properties
The front elevation (the glass facade) of the San-Ho-Yuan house creates a sense of transparency, extending the space, reflecting, and introducing the outside green view. The landscape surrounding the house, the water in the front represents a mirror and the mountains at the back represent a screen, implying in terms of Feng Shui a prosperous future, is kept maintaining the essence of the oriental courtyard. With the above, the essential outlook of the San-Ho-Yuan house is kept and the interior is renovated through layout planning, materials, and lighting design.
Tags
Renovation, old house project, Cross fields Communion, Centennial Natural Garden, Exotic cuisine, renovation of historic site
Production Technology
Lago Bistro follows the school's creative thinking to integrate team resources. The teachers and students of the Department of Architecture and Landscape Department execute the architectural renewal plan to build a platform for various Departments. First, the Department of Hospitality and Tourism and Leisure Department started the more systematic learning. The Convention and Exhibition Department has more venues for exhibitions. The Architecture Department leads the renewal of the project.
Design Challenge
The challenge of this renovation project is to preserve the original structure of the old house. The old house with around 100 years old history has a traditional housing structure of Taiwan. While this old house was fully abandoned, the creative director initiated a renovation project to keep the form and structure of this traditional old house to make it a living culture asset for its community.
Project Duration
The project started in March 2020 in Hsinchu Taiwan and finished in August 2020.
Operation Flow
The original building, based inside of Chung Hua University in Hsinchu Taiwan, was a San-Ho-Yuan, which is a central house with two wings attaching perpendicularly to both sides forming a three-section complex. When Chung Hua university was founded to support the Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park, the cradle of science and technology of Taiwan, the house and land were donated to the school to support the education and cultivation of professional manpower for Taiwan.
Research
The sustainability of a space extends the spiritual essence passing down to each generation. The school continues to develop from generation to generation, allowing Lago Bistro to integrate the thinking and wisdom of each of the following: industry, government, education facility, research facility, and enterprise.
Inspiration
A glimpse of green. The warming sunlight. Pacing around the lake, walking under the sunlight, one traces the leaf veins and the shadow of the trees and follows the pace of nature to relax. The San-Ho-Yuan house is surrounded by a beautiful landscape just like a forgotten Shangri-La, an ecological park with various native trees embracing the jade-green lake spectacularly. The project aims to renovate the century-old San-Ho-Yuan house at the same time keeping its essence.
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer Ivan Chuang, Renovation to Lago Bistro, 2020. Image #2: Photographer Ivan Chuang, Renovation to Lago Bistro, 2020. Image #3: Photographer Ivan Chuang, Renovation to Lago Bistro, 2020. Image #4: Photographer Ivan Chuang, Renovation to Lago Bistro, 2020. Image #5: Photographer Ivan Chuang, Renovation to Lago Bistro, 2020. Video #1: Editor So Nan, Renovation to Lago Bistro, 2020.
Project Overview
Lago Bistro Restaurant has been a Iron winner in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design award category in the year 2020 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Iron Recognition
Ming-Ling Yang was recognized with the coveted Iron A' Design Award in 2021, a testament to excellence of their work Lago Bistro Restaurant.
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