The integration of the contemporary and the oriental should not be confined to the grafting of traditional elements or the superficial interpretation of symbols, but rather breaking through the simplicity of forms and returning to the core of spiritual culture, integrating and mapping people’s lifestyles and artistic pursuits nowadays. At Zuixihu Restaurant, the designers have taken local landscape and characteristic culture into contemporary design to produce a special work with local charm.
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International Interior Design Awards 2023
Zui Xihu Restaurant
Hospitality Interior Built
Firm
S5Design
Designer
Fan Riqiao
Design Team
Chen Jun，Lu Ronghua，Wang Jing
Location
Hangzhou, China
Country
China
Photographer/Copyright
©S5Design
Custom-made in the pottery capital, Yixing, glazed ceramic bricks are fired through multiple processes such as raw material mixing, mould forming, natural drying, hand glazing and high temperature firing, etc. The delicate texture and unique colour contains a rich vitality that becomes more and more age-worthy with the passage of time. The assembly work is complex, from processing and production, on-site assembly to hanging on the wall, each step is repeatedly measured and adjusted, strictly controlled to minimise errors.