05燈Akari
北京
An interior storefront precedent for Japanese hospitality design, utilizing intricate timber lattice screens and warm backlighting behind floor-to-ceiling glass.
- What we like about this project
- The central wooden lattice screen floats above a gravel bed with integrated stepping stones leading to the threshold.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- stone
- metal
Visual identifiers
- timber-lattice
- illuminated-signage
- raised-platform
- glazed-storefront
Style tags
- contemporary
- minimalist
- traditional-fusion
Visual tags
- hospitality
- storefront
- retail
- warm-lighting
- traditional-craft
- night-view
- Geometry
- Framed full-height glass storefront revealing layered interior volumes, raised tatami-style seating platform, and intricate timber lattice screen partitions.
- Facade system
- Structural glass storefront with slim metal framing.
- Structural guess
- Steel and glass curtain wall enclosing internal lightweight timber partitions.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scale commercial restaurant entrance with double-height vertical proportions.
- Lighting
- Warm internal perimeter lighting and backlit signage contrast with the dark street environment.
- Atmosphere
- Intimate, calm, and luminous against the dark urban backdrop.
- Environmental context
- Urban street frontage at night looking inward through large glazed storefront panels.
- Spatial experience
- Gazing from the dark street exterior into the warmly illuminated interior creates a sense of separation and intimate sanctuary.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical glass mullions divide the facade into crisp bays, mirrored by the vertical timber screen subdivisions.
- Style reading
- Contemporary Japanese minimalist hospitality interior
- Program
- Japanese restaurant / hospitality
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- timber, glass, stone, metal
- Visual identifiers
- timber-lattice, illuminated-signage, raised-platform, glazed-storefront
- Style tags
- contemporary, minimalist, traditional-fusion
- Visual tags
- hospitality, storefront, retail, warm-lighting, traditional-craft, night-view
- Geometry
- Framed full-height glass storefront revealing layered interior volumes, raised tatami-style seating platform, and intricate timber lattice screen partitions.
- Facade system
- Structural glass storefront with slim metal framing.
- Structural guess
- Steel and glass curtain wall enclosing internal lightweight timber partitions.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scale commercial restaurant entrance with double-height vertical proportions.
- Lighting
- Warm internal perimeter lighting and backlit signage contrast with the dark street environment.
- Atmosphere
- Intimate, calm, and luminous against the dark urban backdrop.
- Environmental context
- Urban street frontage at night looking inward through large glazed storefront panels.
- Spatial experience
- Gazing from the dark street exterior into the warmly illuminated interior creates a sense of separation and intimate sanctuary.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical glass mullions divide the facade into crisp bays, mirrored by the vertical timber screen subdivisions.
- Style reading
- Contemporary Japanese minimalist hospitality interior
- Program
- Japanese restaurant / hospitality
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- interior