HANASUKI

The client wanted to bring authentic Japanese Shabu-Shabu hotpot experience. Shabu-Shabu’s aesthetic is embedded with time control visualized by swish-swish movement that leads to varied outcome. The design of Hanasuki is to express it with abstraction through sense of movement and tone of materiality, providing an immersive dining experience.

Japanese Shabu-Shabu hotpot, its aesthetic is to stir meat in soup for a couple cycles (movement) to retain freshness, with patrons can create their own variation of the dish (variation). We translated the “movement” and “variation” abstractly into the sense of dynamic and varied tone of natural material, which expressed in timber battens and ceiling features. The timber batten composition is studied, with timber in varied length, shades and species, by fine spacing, to create a vivid movement. This movement layer is wrapped throughout the whole restaurant connecting varied functions of the space. The bar and the VIP room are as two focal glows with unique ceiling features which continues the flow of movement. Offsetting copper boxes in VIP room ceiling creates a contemporary interpretation to reveal the Japanese traditional hammered crafted copper pot. We reinforced the movement of bar ceiling with a waving impression copper stainless steel, enhancing the active cooking and people gathering scenes.

Overall, the design lies with deeply analyzed Japanese Shabu-Shabu food culture, and translated into design language with abstraction. The design creates a warm and immersive experience that engages all senses of the customers, to showcase the story of Japanese Shabu-Shabu culture.