Complied by Leah Linhares
Photography:
Zooey Braun; courtesy the
architects
Ippolito Fleitz Group introduces
a cocktail-flavoured lounge experience in their pan-Asian restaurant at Stuttgart’s
Milaneo shopping mall…
Conceptualized by
successful restaurateur and cofounder of restaurant chain Vapiano: Kent Hahne,
GinYuu is the new gastronomic departure, offering a pan-Asian Pacific kitchen
combined with a lounge concept and cocktail menu.
Resembling Vapiano, GinYuu
employs elements like front cooking and chip payment; however, it creates a distinctively
charged spatial situation inviting visitors to dive into the world of leisure,
leaving the shopping mall environment behind them.
The architects carve out
the interiors with a relaxed ambience: round tables, bar stools and seating
along a lengthy deep-cushioned sofa, offering a distinguished choice of mood
and ambience. And for those, who prefer a private meal, there are cubicles
separated by tall wooden filters.
The spatial topography of
GinYuu centres around the core areas of reception desk, bar and kitchen
counter; each area anointed by its distinctive signature element. Like the reception
desk is positioned beneath a suspended canopy of lamps; the open kitchen
complete with front cooking stations extends along the long wall highlighting
the corporate colours.
It is an interestingly
culled all-wood palette, where handmade wooden panels of driftwood cover the
walls; oak floorboards on the floor and counter front provide a keynote; violet
bar-stools, dark stained roughly-sawn table-tops and bleached ceiling shutters
provide accents of colour.
Pan-Asian motifs include a
free arrangement of shutter struts and tall metal filters, taut ropes stretched
against wooden walls in the cubicles and large ceiling fans. Pillars covered in
white tiles from floor-to-ceiling are visualized and hand-rendered by
Stuttgart-based illustrator Claudia Wagner, who draws directly onto the tiles.
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The GinYuu world is all
about a relaxed atmosphere brought about by the use of different types, colours
and surfaces of wood – a beautiful juxtaposition of hard and soft lines, which
brings the crossover of cocktail bar and restaurant chain to life.
The pics of your restaurant looks amazing thanks for sharing.
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